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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
greater atrociousness . In the interim let it suffice that the lowliness of his condition , in being at present a common soldier in one of his Majesty ' s regiments of dragoons , would seem to be a iust retribution for bis early depravity . '
CHAPTER XVI . AT . THOUGH all petty rivalship was hushed b y the establishment of his superiority , the only struggle henceforward , amongst his former opponent * was , who should exceed the other in paying homage to his now indisputable
1 heir zeal in the indulgence of this newly excited impulse may , it is very probable , be traced to his expected removal from their hemisphere , as lie was not likel y to interfere with the lustre of their own orbits . One thin" - however , is past dispute , that whatever may have been the influence which dictated this change of conduct , it took such a hold now upon their hearts that tor several years after his departure , Thurlogh ' s name was cherished in the memory of them all , and perpetuated upon the ceiling of the arena of his early triumphs , not only during the stay of his then cotemporaries , but tor many successive colonies of similar temperament .
" Unt erim fukjore suo qui prxiiravat artcs Infra sc pusitas : extinctus amauitur idem , " But if the sincerity of others' sorrow might admit of any doubts , there was one at least , whose devotedness was not the utterance of hackneyed pretence , but the enduring though silent eloquence of sterling sensibility Mary , the high-hearted sister of the youth whom Thurlogh had assisted to educate , had from the first instant of his admittance into the family looked upon him with a feeling in which indifference had no share . Every word lie spoke note he articulated
, every appeared to her as if red-hot from the furnace of his affections ; and when to this we add a frankness that gave confidence to her reserve , we need not he much surprised that the susceptibility of her nature should not have been proof to the influence of so insinuating a contact . Gifted herself with talents of the very highest order , she was the more ready to recognize them personified in that sex . amongst whom she mu = t single out one as the object , at all events of her distant predilection , if the mercenary trammels of life would not admit of the prospect of a nearer felicity .
Basking in the mcipiency of feminine power , by the development of those charms which , while they ensure the homage of man ' s acknowledgments , are also m the same proportion the most fearful symptoms of danger to the possessor , —at this critical juncture when , under an altered state of affairs , mere existence would have been a delight , and any little drawback from the turn ot life ' s positive enjoyments more than replaced by the portraiture of an ever-recurring ideality , —at this trying moment , beset on the one hand b y the urgencies of melioration , and scared on the other , by the opinions of fashion cannot take ¦
, I on myself to say whether or not this hap- less victim to aristocratic consequence or the more reprehensible demon of satanic cupidity , which would negotiate a marriage between two descendants of the same common forefather , Adam , upon precisely the same principle of pounds , shillings , and pence that would actuate a butcher at Smithfield market , had ever seriously fostered the delusive hope of becoming the wife of him , whom she had hut too truly though secretly idolized . " Jointure , portion , c ; old , estate , Houses , household stuff ; and laud , The low eonvenieneies of state , Are Greek no lovers understand . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Thurlogh, The Milesian.
greater atrociousness . In the interim let it suffice that the lowliness of his condition , in being at present a common soldier in one of his Majesty ' s regiments of dragoons , would seem to be a iust retribution for bis early depravity . '
CHAPTER XVI . AT . THOUGH all petty rivalship was hushed b y the establishment of his superiority , the only struggle henceforward , amongst his former opponent * was , who should exceed the other in paying homage to his now indisputable
1 heir zeal in the indulgence of this newly excited impulse may , it is very probable , be traced to his expected removal from their hemisphere , as lie was not likel y to interfere with the lustre of their own orbits . One thin" - however , is past dispute , that whatever may have been the influence which dictated this change of conduct , it took such a hold now upon their hearts that tor several years after his departure , Thurlogh ' s name was cherished in the memory of them all , and perpetuated upon the ceiling of the arena of his early triumphs , not only during the stay of his then cotemporaries , but tor many successive colonies of similar temperament .
" Unt erim fukjore suo qui prxiiravat artcs Infra sc pusitas : extinctus amauitur idem , " But if the sincerity of others' sorrow might admit of any doubts , there was one at least , whose devotedness was not the utterance of hackneyed pretence , but the enduring though silent eloquence of sterling sensibility Mary , the high-hearted sister of the youth whom Thurlogh had assisted to educate , had from the first instant of his admittance into the family looked upon him with a feeling in which indifference had no share . Every word lie spoke note he articulated
, every appeared to her as if red-hot from the furnace of his affections ; and when to this we add a frankness that gave confidence to her reserve , we need not he much surprised that the susceptibility of her nature should not have been proof to the influence of so insinuating a contact . Gifted herself with talents of the very highest order , she was the more ready to recognize them personified in that sex . amongst whom she mu = t single out one as the object , at all events of her distant predilection , if the mercenary trammels of life would not admit of the prospect of a nearer felicity .
Basking in the mcipiency of feminine power , by the development of those charms which , while they ensure the homage of man ' s acknowledgments , are also m the same proportion the most fearful symptoms of danger to the possessor , —at this critical juncture when , under an altered state of affairs , mere existence would have been a delight , and any little drawback from the turn ot life ' s positive enjoyments more than replaced by the portraiture of an ever-recurring ideality , —at this trying moment , beset on the one hand b y the urgencies of melioration , and scared on the other , by the opinions of fashion cannot take ¦
, I on myself to say whether or not this hap- less victim to aristocratic consequence or the more reprehensible demon of satanic cupidity , which would negotiate a marriage between two descendants of the same common forefather , Adam , upon precisely the same principle of pounds , shillings , and pence that would actuate a butcher at Smithfield market , had ever seriously fostered the delusive hope of becoming the wife of him , whom she had hut too truly though secretly idolized . " Jointure , portion , c ; old , estate , Houses , household stuff ; and laud , The low eonvenieneies of state , Are Greek no lovers understand . "