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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 6 of 17 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
Thanks , however , for those latter advantages to the good taste and ambition of its venerable proprietor . Unlike the gentleman of his day , or the " old school , " as they are called—ivhose time was chiefly occupied in worrying poor , harmless , little animals during the day , and in boasting at night of their " hair breadth ' scapes , " or vying with one another until the morning of the next dayin all the extremes of dissipation and revelry—with them
, the best head , a misnomer for that which could bear most drink , was what constituted their best man , and to arrive at that pinnacle of enviable distinction required an ordeal of the most trying prcleminaries , during which we may well suppose that many a good head had become a lad one , and many a bad one had ceased altogether to be : —unlike such , however , Thurlogh's father ' s time was otherwise engaged . His delight was the improvement
of his demesne , as combined with , and subservient to , the education of his children . To this he applied the energies as well of his soul as his body . He would himself accompany them in their walks , and overlook them in their play hours—he would himself , too , sometimes embark , with all the fervour of boyhood , in the enthusiasm of their sports—while , at the same
time . , he would secretly , but effectually , take cognizance of even the minutest incident that could tend to develope the bias of their several dispositions , to direct their education accordingly . Of all his children , Thurlogh seemed to be the one who had principally occupied his paternal care . The ungovernable spirit and fiery temper of this boy in every instance of his being opposed , would often make him apprehensive as to the smoothness of his passage through this nether life ;
whilst , again , the generous and warm sympathy with which he used to meet everv advance of conciliation would incline him to hope that the predominant feature of his composition was benignity of heart , and that the waywardness of youth would be pruned and corrected by the observation of manhood . There was also in his character another trait which did not escape the
father ' s eye , and which contributed not a little to disturb that security he wotdd otherwise fain indulge , as to the success and the happiness of his darling boy , —Thurlogh was visionary and speculative , —the highest projects were not beyond the grasp of his ideas ; while the laborious industry with which he would conjure up woes , that existed only in his own imagination , seemed but too fearful a prognostic of his being intended one day for their
realization . It was , in one of these moments that as he sat reflecting , absorbed in a train of some wild abstraction , his mind got so excited by its own associations that he burst into a fit of tears , in which situation his father having surprised him , the following dialogue ensued . " Thurlogh , child , what can be the matter ? Have the lessons been too hardor have the rest of the boys conspired to annoy you ?"
, " No , father , the lessons have not been too hard ; neither have tbe rest of the boys conspired to annoy me ; yet have I felt grief from another source ; and very probably were I to tell you what that was , I should deserve n laugh for my pains . "
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
Thanks , however , for those latter advantages to the good taste and ambition of its venerable proprietor . Unlike the gentleman of his day , or the " old school , " as they are called—ivhose time was chiefly occupied in worrying poor , harmless , little animals during the day , and in boasting at night of their " hair breadth ' scapes , " or vying with one another until the morning of the next dayin all the extremes of dissipation and revelry—with them
, the best head , a misnomer for that which could bear most drink , was what constituted their best man , and to arrive at that pinnacle of enviable distinction required an ordeal of the most trying prcleminaries , during which we may well suppose that many a good head had become a lad one , and many a bad one had ceased altogether to be : —unlike such , however , Thurlogh's father ' s time was otherwise engaged . His delight was the improvement
of his demesne , as combined with , and subservient to , the education of his children . To this he applied the energies as well of his soul as his body . He would himself accompany them in their walks , and overlook them in their play hours—he would himself , too , sometimes embark , with all the fervour of boyhood , in the enthusiasm of their sports—while , at the same
time . , he would secretly , but effectually , take cognizance of even the minutest incident that could tend to develope the bias of their several dispositions , to direct their education accordingly . Of all his children , Thurlogh seemed to be the one who had principally occupied his paternal care . The ungovernable spirit and fiery temper of this boy in every instance of his being opposed , would often make him apprehensive as to the smoothness of his passage through this nether life ;
whilst , again , the generous and warm sympathy with which he used to meet everv advance of conciliation would incline him to hope that the predominant feature of his composition was benignity of heart , and that the waywardness of youth would be pruned and corrected by the observation of manhood . There was also in his character another trait which did not escape the
father ' s eye , and which contributed not a little to disturb that security he wotdd otherwise fain indulge , as to the success and the happiness of his darling boy , —Thurlogh was visionary and speculative , —the highest projects were not beyond the grasp of his ideas ; while the laborious industry with which he would conjure up woes , that existed only in his own imagination , seemed but too fearful a prognostic of his being intended one day for their
realization . It was , in one of these moments that as he sat reflecting , absorbed in a train of some wild abstraction , his mind got so excited by its own associations that he burst into a fit of tears , in which situation his father having surprised him , the following dialogue ensued . " Thurlogh , child , what can be the matter ? Have the lessons been too hardor have the rest of the boys conspired to annoy you ?"
, " No , father , the lessons have not been too hard ; neither have tbe rest of the boys conspired to annoy me ; yet have I felt grief from another source ; and very probably were I to tell you what that was , I should deserve n laugh for my pains . "