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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 14 of 18 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
" Fair Venus , the goddess of heauty and love , Arose from the froth that s-. vavn on the sea ; Mi-i-.-rva stei . pe ;! out of the cranium of . love , Aeoy , sullen slut , as most authors agree ; Apollo , they telius . the prince of giWl fellows . Is his natural son—pray attend to mv tale ; But ( hey , who thus chatter , mistake quite the matter , lie sprang from a harrel of porter and ale . I ' o-ter and ale , hoys , porter and ale . No liquor on earth like porter and ale .
" Ah ! Madigan , " said Thurlogh , " I pity you from my heart ; and am sorry to see you thus humiliated . " " What , sir ! I scorn your pity ! reserve your magnanimity for some more suitable occasion ; I neither sympathise with it , nor recognise its possessor . " " Is not your name Madigan ?" " It is . " " And your cognomen , Patrick ?" « It is . "
" Have you not been at school in Killarny with me and with - " " Never . " " What ! look me in the face , and deny the fact !" " I care nothing about your face ; but I deny the fact . " " You have improved , certainly , in your manners , since I had the honour of your acquaintance ; yet , however successfully you may think you dissemble , you do not produce the desired effect : I am as thoroughly convinced now , as I was before your denial , of the evidences of your identity ;
and , rest satisfied , I shall be sure to disabuse a certain friend of yours , who has long mistaken you as a paragon of impeccability and of virtue . " " By G —! I will take right , good care , that you shall not have the power . '"' At this moment returned coachee ; and having taken the reins from Tlmrlogh's hands , and hollooed out— " Is all right ? " —cut short , as he conceived , the quarrel by resuming his expedition . The unfortunate personage , whom we have thus seen detected in
abasement , was one of that class of men , who , in Ireland , are known by the name of " poor scholars . " From what has transpired it may , perhaps , be imagined that this phrase is equivocal , and that the deficiency insinuated is not so much that of the purse , as of other qualifications with which it is put in juxta-position . The case , however , is not so . The term is applied with a sort of superstitious reverence to , in general , the sons of inconsiderable farmers , who , betraying a thirst for learning beyond what their father's means afford , throw themselves abroad upon the patriotism of their country for its indulgence , and are seldom or never disappointed . Writers , in their attempts to elucidate the pecularities of Irish character , would fain ascribe the facilities thus rendered to plebeian aspirations , to
the mere proverbial hospitality ot the country . There is no use in complimenting a nation at the expense of truth ; especially , when that truth is so inherently resplendent , that in omitting it from the account , the nation would lose more than gain by the compliment . There was a time when every hall in Ireland would expand with the voice and the tread of the stranger . Man , then , met man as his fellow and his equal ; and if one happened to be more gifted with the goods of life than another , he only rejoiced therein , as furnishing him with the means
of doing more good , never losing sight of the principle , that he was only the temporary trustee of what , virtually and substantially , was the property of the commonwealth . Such was the origin of all hospitable accommodation : how basely afterwards perverted to intrigue and chicanery ! If , at the conventions assembled on occasions of public interest , a question arose as to the adjudication of the seat of precedency or etiquette , it was not decided by a reference to wealth or to arms , but by the acknowledged superiority of literary importance . Whatever sways the nobles , catches the populace . Seeing the insignia
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
" Fair Venus , the goddess of heauty and love , Arose from the froth that s-. vavn on the sea ; Mi-i-.-rva stei . pe ;! out of the cranium of . love , Aeoy , sullen slut , as most authors agree ; Apollo , they telius . the prince of giWl fellows . Is his natural son—pray attend to mv tale ; But ( hey , who thus chatter , mistake quite the matter , lie sprang from a harrel of porter and ale . I ' o-ter and ale , hoys , porter and ale . No liquor on earth like porter and ale .
" Ah ! Madigan , " said Thurlogh , " I pity you from my heart ; and am sorry to see you thus humiliated . " " What , sir ! I scorn your pity ! reserve your magnanimity for some more suitable occasion ; I neither sympathise with it , nor recognise its possessor . " " Is not your name Madigan ?" " It is . " " And your cognomen , Patrick ?" « It is . "
" Have you not been at school in Killarny with me and with - " " Never . " " What ! look me in the face , and deny the fact !" " I care nothing about your face ; but I deny the fact . " " You have improved , certainly , in your manners , since I had the honour of your acquaintance ; yet , however successfully you may think you dissemble , you do not produce the desired effect : I am as thoroughly convinced now , as I was before your denial , of the evidences of your identity ;
and , rest satisfied , I shall be sure to disabuse a certain friend of yours , who has long mistaken you as a paragon of impeccability and of virtue . " " By G —! I will take right , good care , that you shall not have the power . '"' At this moment returned coachee ; and having taken the reins from Tlmrlogh's hands , and hollooed out— " Is all right ? " —cut short , as he conceived , the quarrel by resuming his expedition . The unfortunate personage , whom we have thus seen detected in
abasement , was one of that class of men , who , in Ireland , are known by the name of " poor scholars . " From what has transpired it may , perhaps , be imagined that this phrase is equivocal , and that the deficiency insinuated is not so much that of the purse , as of other qualifications with which it is put in juxta-position . The case , however , is not so . The term is applied with a sort of superstitious reverence to , in general , the sons of inconsiderable farmers , who , betraying a thirst for learning beyond what their father's means afford , throw themselves abroad upon the patriotism of their country for its indulgence , and are seldom or never disappointed . Writers , in their attempts to elucidate the pecularities of Irish character , would fain ascribe the facilities thus rendered to plebeian aspirations , to
the mere proverbial hospitality ot the country . There is no use in complimenting a nation at the expense of truth ; especially , when that truth is so inherently resplendent , that in omitting it from the account , the nation would lose more than gain by the compliment . There was a time when every hall in Ireland would expand with the voice and the tread of the stranger . Man , then , met man as his fellow and his equal ; and if one happened to be more gifted with the goods of life than another , he only rejoiced therein , as furnishing him with the means
of doing more good , never losing sight of the principle , that he was only the temporary trustee of what , virtually and substantially , was the property of the commonwealth . Such was the origin of all hospitable accommodation : how basely afterwards perverted to intrigue and chicanery ! If , at the conventions assembled on occasions of public interest , a question arose as to the adjudication of the seat of precedency or etiquette , it was not decided by a reference to wealth or to arms , but by the acknowledged superiority of literary importance . Whatever sways the nobles , catches the populace . Seeing the insignia