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Useful Hints On Various Subjects.
be in the same hurry that he is : or you AA ' III both ask the same questions , and neither of you receive an answer . / Listen to the two gentlemen who have met at the corner of yonder street . One says , " How do you do ? 1 am very g lad to see you . How do you all do at home ? " & c . & c . & c . The other says , " PIOAV do you do ? 'I am very glad to see you . HOAV do you all do at home ? " & c . & c .
By the way , " How do you do ? hoAvever idiomatic it may be , is a very uncouth phrase . When you come , or find yourself coming /!;// butt , as it is called , against another person , you endeavour to get out of his way . Let an old man advise you not to do so . Stand still . He will endeavour to get out of your Avayandby your standing stillhe Avill effect it . —If
, , , you both endeavour to get by at the same time , as there are but two sides , it is an even Avager but that you run against each other . I once broke my nose and spoiled a neAV coat , by encountering a hair-dresser thus in St . Paul ' s Church-yard . Another time I was almost killed by getting out of a smuggler ' s way on the Sussex road . Now , if I am on horseback , I ride straight forward ; if I am on foot ,
I stand stock still ; by which precautions I have not been knocked doAvn these thirty years . If you haA'e occasion to travel frequently to one place , take all the cross cuts and endeavour to find out the nearest way—but when you make a journey for once and no more , keep the high road , —for though it may be the longest way , you will get the sooner to your destination .
National Characters.
NATIONAL CHARACTERS .
THE Turk is a lover of rest ; seated upon a sofaAvith his pipe , he will continue in this exercise six or seven hours Avithout intermission ; or else , shut up in the seraglio among his mistresses , he will neglect affairs of the utmost importance , to indulge himself in that voluptuousness . The Arab is fond of his horse , almost to a degree of infatuation :
when the weather will permit , he is continually hunting ; when at home , fretful ; shunning the society of his family , and sooner chuses to be along with his hunter than his children . - A Frenchman ' s love is principally directed to himself . So far from being a lover of rest , he seldom chuses to stand still . Pie . is fond of dress , and perpetually boasting of his amours . A Spaniard is jealous of his honour : brave , faithful , patient in adversity , capable of enduring every fatigue , and romantic in his projects .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Useful Hints On Various Subjects.
be in the same hurry that he is : or you AA ' III both ask the same questions , and neither of you receive an answer . / Listen to the two gentlemen who have met at the corner of yonder street . One says , " How do you do ? 1 am very g lad to see you . How do you all do at home ? " & c . & c . & c . The other says , " PIOAV do you do ? 'I am very glad to see you . HOAV do you all do at home ? " & c . & c .
By the way , " How do you do ? hoAvever idiomatic it may be , is a very uncouth phrase . When you come , or find yourself coming /!;// butt , as it is called , against another person , you endeavour to get out of his way . Let an old man advise you not to do so . Stand still . He will endeavour to get out of your Avayandby your standing stillhe Avill effect it . —If
, , , you both endeavour to get by at the same time , as there are but two sides , it is an even Avager but that you run against each other . I once broke my nose and spoiled a neAV coat , by encountering a hair-dresser thus in St . Paul ' s Church-yard . Another time I was almost killed by getting out of a smuggler ' s way on the Sussex road . Now , if I am on horseback , I ride straight forward ; if I am on foot ,
I stand stock still ; by which precautions I have not been knocked doAvn these thirty years . If you haA'e occasion to travel frequently to one place , take all the cross cuts and endeavour to find out the nearest way—but when you make a journey for once and no more , keep the high road , —for though it may be the longest way , you will get the sooner to your destination .
National Characters.
NATIONAL CHARACTERS .
THE Turk is a lover of rest ; seated upon a sofaAvith his pipe , he will continue in this exercise six or seven hours Avithout intermission ; or else , shut up in the seraglio among his mistresses , he will neglect affairs of the utmost importance , to indulge himself in that voluptuousness . The Arab is fond of his horse , almost to a degree of infatuation :
when the weather will permit , he is continually hunting ; when at home , fretful ; shunning the society of his family , and sooner chuses to be along with his hunter than his children . - A Frenchman ' s love is principally directed to himself . So far from being a lover of rest , he seldom chuses to stand still . Pie . is fond of dress , and perpetually boasting of his amours . A Spaniard is jealous of his honour : brave , faithful , patient in adversity , capable of enduring every fatigue , and romantic in his projects .