-
Articles/Ads
Article THE MAN OF GENIUS. ← Page 2 of 3 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Man Of Genius.
Mr Pulley , the great Mechanicman , who had invented so many veon- » derful machines , was the greatest genius in the world himself , and would certainly favour every man of genius . The next morning the Man of Genius waited on Mr Pulley . — " 1 loves men of Genus with all my heart ( says Pulley ) . Come hither , and g ive me your opinion of this leaver . " Here Cygnet shook his head , and disclaimed all knowledge ofthe leaver . Not know the leaver ! ( exclaimed Pulley)—A man of Genus not know the leaver ! D—me if ever I heard so impudent a thing in all my life . —
Sir , yourSarvant . A Man ot tsentis ! ua , na , na . The Man of Genius returned to the inn , and there found a Yorkshire Baronet , the greatest jockey on the turf . " Hark ye me , my lad ( said the latter to him ) , they tell me here that you ' re a Man of Genius . Glad of it , cross me ! for if I have met with one Man of Genius since the death of Black Bob my groom , distance me ! This nag here now , how d ' ye like his goings ? " I know nothing about horses , Sir , thrice iu lifetime Not
( answered Tom ) for I never rode my - . " rode thrice in your life-time ; and yet set up for a Man of Genius I Spavy me ! if I had you at home , but I would couple you with Scamp the Blood-hound , for being such a cheat . " He judged it now to be time to enquire among the professed patrons of the Muses : he arrives at the Theatre Royal , and sees the Manager , who asks him if he knows any thing about Pantomimes . Yes ( replied Tom ) , lean write concerning the ancient Pantomimes . " Ay , said the Manager , but can you invent the modern ? " No . —
' ¦ c O then I have no business for you , I doubt not that } 'ou have learning enough , but here we have no use for learning . " He was next directed to an eminent Bookseller ' s . " So , Mr Genius , are you in the compilation , the translation , or the index way ?" Sir ( answered Tom ) I would chuse my writings to be original . —¦ Oriinal ! ( rejoined the Bookseller ) I have not touched an oriinal
" g g these ten years , and I don ' t desire it , for they would not sell if we had them . No , no , my lad , I have no employment for you . I keep a man already , who does more work than I can well furnish . Cut and paste , —cut and paste—there ' s nothing stands before him , he ' s such a dab . "
He next heard of a vacancy in one of the City Parish Schools , the master having died ; and he was told that his only method of succeeding would be by applying to the Church-Warden , who was a man of great power . He went to this man , who kept a bacon-shop . — " Sarvant , Sir , "—( said the Bacon-seller , thinking he had come to be a customer . ) I am come ( said Tom ) concerning the vacant Schoolmaster-ship . " O there again ! ( resumed the
Church-Warden with an air of hig h consequence ) . Why , this is the seventeenth feller that has been here to-day plaguing , me about this here veccansy . How do you read , Sirrah ? You'll all come to a trial , and he . who minds his hits , best will be the Domiuy . Mind , Hikes your loudend sonororous voice best—mind that—loud and sonororous—that ' syour hit . Why don ' t you . move along , Sir , and get out of the lady ' s waj—Sarvant , M ' awm ! '"
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Man Of Genius.
Mr Pulley , the great Mechanicman , who had invented so many veon- » derful machines , was the greatest genius in the world himself , and would certainly favour every man of genius . The next morning the Man of Genius waited on Mr Pulley . — " 1 loves men of Genus with all my heart ( says Pulley ) . Come hither , and g ive me your opinion of this leaver . " Here Cygnet shook his head , and disclaimed all knowledge ofthe leaver . Not know the leaver ! ( exclaimed Pulley)—A man of Genus not know the leaver ! D—me if ever I heard so impudent a thing in all my life . —
Sir , yourSarvant . A Man ot tsentis ! ua , na , na . The Man of Genius returned to the inn , and there found a Yorkshire Baronet , the greatest jockey on the turf . " Hark ye me , my lad ( said the latter to him ) , they tell me here that you ' re a Man of Genius . Glad of it , cross me ! for if I have met with one Man of Genius since the death of Black Bob my groom , distance me ! This nag here now , how d ' ye like his goings ? " I know nothing about horses , Sir , thrice iu lifetime Not
( answered Tom ) for I never rode my - . " rode thrice in your life-time ; and yet set up for a Man of Genius I Spavy me ! if I had you at home , but I would couple you with Scamp the Blood-hound , for being such a cheat . " He judged it now to be time to enquire among the professed patrons of the Muses : he arrives at the Theatre Royal , and sees the Manager , who asks him if he knows any thing about Pantomimes . Yes ( replied Tom ) , lean write concerning the ancient Pantomimes . " Ay , said the Manager , but can you invent the modern ? " No . —
' ¦ c O then I have no business for you , I doubt not that } 'ou have learning enough , but here we have no use for learning . " He was next directed to an eminent Bookseller ' s . " So , Mr Genius , are you in the compilation , the translation , or the index way ?" Sir ( answered Tom ) I would chuse my writings to be original . —¦ Oriinal ! ( rejoined the Bookseller ) I have not touched an oriinal
" g g these ten years , and I don ' t desire it , for they would not sell if we had them . No , no , my lad , I have no employment for you . I keep a man already , who does more work than I can well furnish . Cut and paste , —cut and paste—there ' s nothing stands before him , he ' s such a dab . "
He next heard of a vacancy in one of the City Parish Schools , the master having died ; and he was told that his only method of succeeding would be by applying to the Church-Warden , who was a man of great power . He went to this man , who kept a bacon-shop . — " Sarvant , Sir , "—( said the Bacon-seller , thinking he had come to be a customer . ) I am come ( said Tom ) concerning the vacant Schoolmaster-ship . " O there again ! ( resumed the
Church-Warden with an air of hig h consequence ) . Why , this is the seventeenth feller that has been here to-day plaguing , me about this here veccansy . How do you read , Sirrah ? You'll all come to a trial , and he . who minds his hits , best will be the Domiuy . Mind , Hikes your loudend sonororous voice best—mind that—loud and sonororous—that ' syour hit . Why don ' t you . move along , Sir , and get out of the lady ' s waj—Sarvant , M ' awm ! '"