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Article THURLOGH, THE MILESIAN. ← Page 9 of 17 →
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Thurlogh, The Milesian.
and nothing so exalts a parent ' s pride with exquisite and refined sensation as any such recognition , —more particularly , if the quality for which the likeness is observed , be one in which he had himself excelled . In those days , however , patriotism was a seed too barren or too dangerous to be nurtured in a youthful bosom . The name was in had odour . Suspicion and mistrust attached to every thing that could be interpreted as belonging to it ; and too many of its worst consequences had alreadbeen entailedwith
y , frightful and appalling devastation on our hero's ancestors on either side , not to make the father apprehensive as to the bent it should take in so young a soil . He loved the tree too well , however , to nip it in its bud , or by any chilling discouragement to stunt its growth . But as he must know all the bearings of this unusual exhibition , he next asks his son what he could mean by the concluding words , " yet still from thee I soon must
steer . " " You , " continued he , " have referred to an earlier part as what appeared to you only necessary to be explained—J think this the only part enigmatical . " The question was one which Thurlogh had rather had not been proposed ; however , as it was proposed , he did not hesitate to answer it . " In answering this , father , " said he" I trust will not thiuk me vain
, you , nor affecting any airs of prophetic self-importance , when I assure you , I feel an irresistible presentiment that I am destined to roam ! Whether it be , however , the charm of novelty mixing up with the idea , in the hope of utility to my country , in the rank of her public servants , that seems to qualify the sensation , I confess I do not feel so much uneasiness on my own behalf as on that of others who must be affected b the same disaster .
y Something—shall I say it ?—something awfully terrible tells me that our household is to be broken up , —the remnant of our shattered fortunes scattered before the winds , and myself upon the world without a home without a shelter . "
" I fear , Thurlogh , " was the reply , " that you take too much pains in creating your own wretchedness . Believe me , child , that life affords full too many instances of real sorrow , without our swelling the catalogue by imagination ; or anticipating their arrival b y a morbid thirst for change . Wait patiently until they happen , if they ever happen at all ; and rather occupy your mind in fortifying it against their influence , than in making yourself doubly their victim before hand and when they do occur . "
Thus saying , he left off abruptly , and under evident agitation . He knew not how it was , but his mind was not at ease . The mystery , the melancholy , the romance , the horror of the whole transaction had affected him , and chiefly because of the effect it had produced upon his son's spirits and the tone of conviction with which his presages had been articulated . He would fain call it a dreampresenting itself to an imagination predisposed for its
, reception . He would fain call it any thing that would but mitigate its form . Never , however , was prophecy more true , nor more circumstantially fulfilled than that which it contained . Before that day year all was a wreck , von . i . „ „
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Thurlogh, The Milesian.
and nothing so exalts a parent ' s pride with exquisite and refined sensation as any such recognition , —more particularly , if the quality for which the likeness is observed , be one in which he had himself excelled . In those days , however , patriotism was a seed too barren or too dangerous to be nurtured in a youthful bosom . The name was in had odour . Suspicion and mistrust attached to every thing that could be interpreted as belonging to it ; and too many of its worst consequences had alreadbeen entailedwith
y , frightful and appalling devastation on our hero's ancestors on either side , not to make the father apprehensive as to the bent it should take in so young a soil . He loved the tree too well , however , to nip it in its bud , or by any chilling discouragement to stunt its growth . But as he must know all the bearings of this unusual exhibition , he next asks his son what he could mean by the concluding words , " yet still from thee I soon must
steer . " " You , " continued he , " have referred to an earlier part as what appeared to you only necessary to be explained—J think this the only part enigmatical . " The question was one which Thurlogh had rather had not been proposed ; however , as it was proposed , he did not hesitate to answer it . " In answering this , father , " said he" I trust will not thiuk me vain
, you , nor affecting any airs of prophetic self-importance , when I assure you , I feel an irresistible presentiment that I am destined to roam ! Whether it be , however , the charm of novelty mixing up with the idea , in the hope of utility to my country , in the rank of her public servants , that seems to qualify the sensation , I confess I do not feel so much uneasiness on my own behalf as on that of others who must be affected b the same disaster .
y Something—shall I say it ?—something awfully terrible tells me that our household is to be broken up , —the remnant of our shattered fortunes scattered before the winds , and myself upon the world without a home without a shelter . "
" I fear , Thurlogh , " was the reply , " that you take too much pains in creating your own wretchedness . Believe me , child , that life affords full too many instances of real sorrow , without our swelling the catalogue by imagination ; or anticipating their arrival b y a morbid thirst for change . Wait patiently until they happen , if they ever happen at all ; and rather occupy your mind in fortifying it against their influence , than in making yourself doubly their victim before hand and when they do occur . "
Thus saying , he left off abruptly , and under evident agitation . He knew not how it was , but his mind was not at ease . The mystery , the melancholy , the romance , the horror of the whole transaction had affected him , and chiefly because of the effect it had produced upon his son's spirits and the tone of conviction with which his presages had been articulated . He would fain call it a dreampresenting itself to an imagination predisposed for its
, reception . He would fain call it any thing that would but mitigate its form . Never , however , was prophecy more true , nor more circumstantially fulfilled than that which it contained . Before that day year all was a wreck , von . i . „ „