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The Collector.
time , and the ceremony was thus conducted : On a little table lay two of Field ' s pocket bibles , one of which was taken up by Bradbury and the other by his daughter ; and each having read a portion , one of the visiting ministers was desired to pray ; they then adjourned to supper ; alter which he entertained the company with The Roast , Beef of Old Englandwhichit is saidhe sung belter than any man
, , , in the kingdom . On that night a curious circumstance occurred . The bells ringing , and the streets resounding with shouts of joy , Bradbury went out to see what was the cause . As soon as he had opened his door , a company of ringers came to solicit his bounty . r For what ? ' says the pastor . 'Why , Sir , it is the Prince of Wales ' s birth-day I' 'Oh !*
answered he , ' I never give any thing to celebrate his birth-day , only his father ' s I' 'Aye ! ' retorted one of the fellows ; 'but you know , Sir , we must honour ( he Son as we honour the Father . ' This was in Bradbury ' s own stile , and pleased him too much , not to give them his shilling : and then he returned to his company , hi g hly entertained with thejoke .
JOHN JAMES ROUSSEAU . [[ THE FOLLOWING IS RELATED EY M . ST . PIERRE . ] THE very day we went to look for a dinner with the hermits of Mount Valerian , as I have related in a note , toward the conclusion of the fourth volume , on our return from Paris in the evening , we were caught in a shower of rain not far from the Bois de Boulogne
, opposite to the Gate Maillot . We went in to shelter , under the great chesnut-trees , which had now begun to put out leaves : for it was during the Easter-holidays . Under those trees we found a great deal of company , who , like ourselves , had croi .-ded thither for covert . One of the Swiss ' s lads having perceived John-James , came running up to him , in a transport of joyand thus accosted him : ' How now
, , my good man , whence do you come ? It is an age since we have had the pleasure of seeing you I' Rou . seau mildl \ replied : 'My wife has had a long fit of illness , and 1 myself have been considerably out of order . ' 'Oh I my poor good man , ' replied the lad , ' you are not comfortable here : come , come ; I will find you a place within ' doors . '
In fact he exerted himself so zealously , that he procured us an - apartment above stairs , where , notwithstanding the croud , he contrived to accommodate us with ch . iiis , a table , and some bread and wine . W Idle he was shewing us the way , 1 said to John-James : ' This young man seems to be very familiar with 3-011 ; surely he does not know who 3 ou ate ? ' ' Oh 3 es , ' 1 ej lied he , ' we have been acquainted these several wile and used
3 ears . My I frequently to come hither in fine weather , to eat a cutlet of an evening . ' The appellation of ' good man , ' so frankly bestowed on him b y the tavern-boy , who had , undoubtedly , Ion ; -, mistaken Jcbn-James for some hohrst mechanic , the joy which he expressed at seeing him again , and ihe zeal with which he served him , rt nveyetl to me , ccm-.pleteh , tn 'dea of the good n . iure which the sublime author of Emilius disjdaj ed in his most trivial actions
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Collector.
time , and the ceremony was thus conducted : On a little table lay two of Field ' s pocket bibles , one of which was taken up by Bradbury and the other by his daughter ; and each having read a portion , one of the visiting ministers was desired to pray ; they then adjourned to supper ; alter which he entertained the company with The Roast , Beef of Old Englandwhichit is saidhe sung belter than any man
, , , in the kingdom . On that night a curious circumstance occurred . The bells ringing , and the streets resounding with shouts of joy , Bradbury went out to see what was the cause . As soon as he had opened his door , a company of ringers came to solicit his bounty . r For what ? ' says the pastor . 'Why , Sir , it is the Prince of Wales ' s birth-day I' 'Oh !*
answered he , ' I never give any thing to celebrate his birth-day , only his father ' s I' 'Aye ! ' retorted one of the fellows ; 'but you know , Sir , we must honour ( he Son as we honour the Father . ' This was in Bradbury ' s own stile , and pleased him too much , not to give them his shilling : and then he returned to his company , hi g hly entertained with thejoke .
JOHN JAMES ROUSSEAU . [[ THE FOLLOWING IS RELATED EY M . ST . PIERRE . ] THE very day we went to look for a dinner with the hermits of Mount Valerian , as I have related in a note , toward the conclusion of the fourth volume , on our return from Paris in the evening , we were caught in a shower of rain not far from the Bois de Boulogne
, opposite to the Gate Maillot . We went in to shelter , under the great chesnut-trees , which had now begun to put out leaves : for it was during the Easter-holidays . Under those trees we found a great deal of company , who , like ourselves , had croi .-ded thither for covert . One of the Swiss ' s lads having perceived John-James , came running up to him , in a transport of joyand thus accosted him : ' How now
, , my good man , whence do you come ? It is an age since we have had the pleasure of seeing you I' Rou . seau mildl \ replied : 'My wife has had a long fit of illness , and 1 myself have been considerably out of order . ' 'Oh I my poor good man , ' replied the lad , ' you are not comfortable here : come , come ; I will find you a place within ' doors . '
In fact he exerted himself so zealously , that he procured us an - apartment above stairs , where , notwithstanding the croud , he contrived to accommodate us with ch . iiis , a table , and some bread and wine . W Idle he was shewing us the way , 1 said to John-James : ' This young man seems to be very familiar with 3-011 ; surely he does not know who 3 ou ate ? ' ' Oh 3 es , ' 1 ej lied he , ' we have been acquainted these several wile and used
3 ears . My I frequently to come hither in fine weather , to eat a cutlet of an evening . ' The appellation of ' good man , ' so frankly bestowed on him b y the tavern-boy , who had , undoubtedly , Ion ; -, mistaken Jcbn-James for some hohrst mechanic , the joy which he expressed at seeing him again , and ihe zeal with which he served him , rt nveyetl to me , ccm-.pleteh , tn 'dea of the good n . iure which the sublime author of Emilius disjdaj ed in his most trivial actions