The Analectic Magazine Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Lady Glistonbury walks so slow, that she will be seven hours in coming to us, so we had best go to her ladyship.—If the mountain won't go to Mahomet, you know of... more » course what follows." ' On their way to ths terrace, Lord Glistonbury continued to give his ideas on education; sometimes appealing to Mr. Russell, sometimes happy to catch the eye of lady Mary. " Now, my idea for Lidhurst is simply this:—that he should know every thing that is in all the best books in the library, but yet that he should be the farthest possible from a book-worm—that he should never, except in a set speech in the house, have the air of having opened a book in his life—mother wit for me!—in most cases—and that easy style of originality, which shows the true gentleman.—As to morals l.idhurst, walk on my boy as to morals, I confess I couldn't bear to see any thing of the Joseph Surface about him. A youth of spirit, must, you know, Mr. Vivian—-excuse me, lady Mary, this is an asidt be something of a latitudinarian to keep in the fashion—not that I mean to say so exactly to Lidhurst—No, no!—on the contrary, Mr. Russell it is our cue, as well as this reverend gentleman's," looking back at the chaplain, who bowed assent before he knew to what—" it is our cue, as well as this reverend gentleman's, to preach prudence, and temperance, and all the cardinal virtues." IV. p. 41—4. This is enough for Lord Glistonbury;—though we must say for him that he is equally entertaining throughout the volume. The character of Wharton is not altogether so original; but it is supported with no less talent and spirit. This is a designing profligate, who, by the help of great gayety, wit, and licentious talk, contrives to pass for nothing worse than a careless rash fellow, with a great deal of generosity and geni...« less