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How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
mental , sacred and profane , all huddled together . An enormous ophicleide , two or three violins , and a pair of cymbals , Avhich chiefly furnished playthings for the dogs , gave one an uncomfortable idea of the capabilities of the street for quiet study . Walmisly's chants Avere half covered by " Ida , " and
the " Katinka Polka" was similarly obscured by the " Creation . " Altogether , there were instruments enough for a dozen or fifteen players ; and Mr . Alfred Tiptop's concerts had more than once attracted the attention of the proctors , and a request that a performance on two French horns and an obligato trombone might be discontinued after twelve o ' clock .
AH the rest of the room was filled up with books , and with the same amusing want of order . Shakespeare , Moliere , and Eugene Sue , or Paul de Kock , jostled Horace , Euripides , or Kant . Languages of all kinds Avere huddled together , and heaps of memoranda , pieces of paper covered with algebraical figures , and chronological abstractswere stuck looselbetween the books
, y . But a glimpse of the backs of the books—few of them uncut —• Avould have shown the varied and recherche reading of the owner . The whole room , in fact , was a curious contest between study and amusement .
_ The Rev . Augustus Derwent ( for he had been down to look at his old pupil ) , looked rather more astonished than pleased ; but the kind-heartedness Avith Avhich Alfred Avelcomed him , utterly disarmed his displeasure . But , as they conversed together , he speedily saw that the wrong ambition was far ahead of the right . Alfred had read variously , and Avas sharp , and often just , in his inions in
op , and always cleA ^ er expressing them ; but , like the generality of quick readers , his knowledge was desultory and uncertain , and his former tutor felt disappointed at what he eAddently saw must be the result , and thought of his future son-in-law with a sigh . lie did not say much then . He knew thatAvhen a man is
, in the middle of a course of pleasure , advice comes with a very blunted edge , and often proves an active agent against its own purpose . Fie simply made a few quiet remarks , expressed a hope , and received an assurance ( somewhat to his surprise ) , that Alfred Avas not getting into debt , and secured his company at the vicarage for the ensuing " long "
. It Avas full a year since Leila had seen her cousin , and her little heart , Avhich was groAving more and more womanly every day , fluttered with a dozen pretty anxieties . Her quick perception of the smallest change in her father ' s placid countenance and gentle speech , soon enabled her to see that something Avas
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How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
mental , sacred and profane , all huddled together . An enormous ophicleide , two or three violins , and a pair of cymbals , Avhich chiefly furnished playthings for the dogs , gave one an uncomfortable idea of the capabilities of the street for quiet study . Walmisly's chants Avere half covered by " Ida , " and
the " Katinka Polka" was similarly obscured by the " Creation . " Altogether , there were instruments enough for a dozen or fifteen players ; and Mr . Alfred Tiptop's concerts had more than once attracted the attention of the proctors , and a request that a performance on two French horns and an obligato trombone might be discontinued after twelve o ' clock .
AH the rest of the room was filled up with books , and with the same amusing want of order . Shakespeare , Moliere , and Eugene Sue , or Paul de Kock , jostled Horace , Euripides , or Kant . Languages of all kinds Avere huddled together , and heaps of memoranda , pieces of paper covered with algebraical figures , and chronological abstractswere stuck looselbetween the books
, y . But a glimpse of the backs of the books—few of them uncut —• Avould have shown the varied and recherche reading of the owner . The whole room , in fact , was a curious contest between study and amusement .
_ The Rev . Augustus Derwent ( for he had been down to look at his old pupil ) , looked rather more astonished than pleased ; but the kind-heartedness Avith Avhich Alfred Avelcomed him , utterly disarmed his displeasure . But , as they conversed together , he speedily saw that the wrong ambition was far ahead of the right . Alfred had read variously , and Avas sharp , and often just , in his inions in
op , and always cleA ^ er expressing them ; but , like the generality of quick readers , his knowledge was desultory and uncertain , and his former tutor felt disappointed at what he eAddently saw must be the result , and thought of his future son-in-law with a sigh . lie did not say much then . He knew thatAvhen a man is
, in the middle of a course of pleasure , advice comes with a very blunted edge , and often proves an active agent against its own purpose . Fie simply made a few quiet remarks , expressed a hope , and received an assurance ( somewhat to his surprise ) , that Alfred Avas not getting into debt , and secured his company at the vicarage for the ensuing " long "
. It Avas full a year since Leila had seen her cousin , and her little heart , Avhich was groAving more and more womanly every day , fluttered with a dozen pretty anxieties . Her quick perception of the smallest change in her father ' s placid countenance and gentle speech , soon enabled her to see that something Avas