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Article THE PORTRAIT GALLERY, No. 3. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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The Portrait Gallery, No. 3.
see nothing to disqualify Dr . Crucefix from associating and occupying an equal status with all the Bossys and the Haverses that ever did or ever will belong to the art medical . He is a man as well born , bred , and educated as any of them , and possessing a mind of a loftier conception , and sentiments of a nobler calibre , than can be claimed by any of his calumniators . Canning had the reputation of tbe following distich , — " As London is to Paddington , So is Pitt to Addington . "
In like manner may this couplet be applied to our Brother Crucefix , whose genius as a Mason , may be as triumphantly contrasted , as was done in the case of the two statesmen . Finding that no tangible impeachment could be maintained against the character of the man they defame , they whisper their dislike of him ,
regardless of the malediction of the poet" Scandal ' s the weapon of the coward's spleen , That base malignity which stabs unseen . " If there be any appreciable accusation—any fulcrum however small , on which to place the lever of imputation , we say stand forward , and in
open day attack the man against whom publicly you dare not wag your tongue or raise your finger . Put your imputations into shape , send them to the editor of this journal , and we pledge our full conviction they will obtain insertion in the following number .
Having now cast down the gauntlet , we feel curious to see who can take it up . In the meanwhile we shall approach our object more closely in a personal point of view . Dr . Crucefix is about sixty years of age , of middling stature , and of easy deportment . He possesses a highly intelligent countenance , quick
dark eyes , and expressive features . There is an elegant tournure of the head , a Canning-like form , indicative of great intellectuality , and brilliancy of imagination . His eloquence is subdued and chaste , his style nervous , and his manner persuasive . In debate , he harnesses facts to the car of history , and appears solicitous rather to conciliate than to cauterize his opponent . Although he deals not in invective , his powers
of criticism are , when occasion requires , keen and trenchant . He exhibits much forbearance in his addresses , for which purpose he has often to contend with , and patiently to overcome , the roaring of the " fat bulls of Basan" by whom he is surrounded . As a debater , he is logical and argumentative , but there is little or no action to enforce his oratory or to adorn its style . There is also a drawback to a certain extent from
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The Portrait Gallery, No. 3.
see nothing to disqualify Dr . Crucefix from associating and occupying an equal status with all the Bossys and the Haverses that ever did or ever will belong to the art medical . He is a man as well born , bred , and educated as any of them , and possessing a mind of a loftier conception , and sentiments of a nobler calibre , than can be claimed by any of his calumniators . Canning had the reputation of tbe following distich , — " As London is to Paddington , So is Pitt to Addington . "
In like manner may this couplet be applied to our Brother Crucefix , whose genius as a Mason , may be as triumphantly contrasted , as was done in the case of the two statesmen . Finding that no tangible impeachment could be maintained against the character of the man they defame , they whisper their dislike of him ,
regardless of the malediction of the poet" Scandal ' s the weapon of the coward's spleen , That base malignity which stabs unseen . " If there be any appreciable accusation—any fulcrum however small , on which to place the lever of imputation , we say stand forward , and in
open day attack the man against whom publicly you dare not wag your tongue or raise your finger . Put your imputations into shape , send them to the editor of this journal , and we pledge our full conviction they will obtain insertion in the following number .
Having now cast down the gauntlet , we feel curious to see who can take it up . In the meanwhile we shall approach our object more closely in a personal point of view . Dr . Crucefix is about sixty years of age , of middling stature , and of easy deportment . He possesses a highly intelligent countenance , quick
dark eyes , and expressive features . There is an elegant tournure of the head , a Canning-like form , indicative of great intellectuality , and brilliancy of imagination . His eloquence is subdued and chaste , his style nervous , and his manner persuasive . In debate , he harnesses facts to the car of history , and appears solicitous rather to conciliate than to cauterize his opponent . Although he deals not in invective , his powers
of criticism are , when occasion requires , keen and trenchant . He exhibits much forbearance in his addresses , for which purpose he has often to contend with , and patiently to overcome , the roaring of the " fat bulls of Basan" by whom he is surrounded . As a debater , he is logical and argumentative , but there is little or no action to enforce his oratory or to adorn its style . There is also a drawback to a certain extent from