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Father And Son.
Sir J ¦ E ? The reply Avas , as it could not fail to be under the circumstances , very flattering to the gallant and veteran general . " Ha ! " Avas the rejoinder of Anna Maria , " I felt sure that you Avould appreciate his merits ; but you must taste Mm several times before you can relish him . "
Of her literary abilities , although infinitely inferior to those of her elder sister , she Avas also far more vain ; and altogether she made , perhaps , a more brilliant , but decidedly a less endearing impression upon a stranger , which after-acquaintance failed to alter . None , hoAvever , AVIIO Avitnessed her affectionate and unremitting attention to her mother could be otherwise than
touched by its earnestness ; and as , being many years younger than Jane , she was the pet and plaything of the family , some excuse may readily be found for the less perfect discipline of her character . Mrs . Porter , the mother of these gifted sisters , was a singularly neat , gentle , meek old lady , the widow of a surgeon of the Enniskillen dragoons , with Avhom she had cheerfully shared a scanty income and a modest station ; and ivho appears to haA r e
been an essentially amiable man , whose memory Avas cherished to the last by his affectionate helpmate . Of Dr . Porter , the elder son , I know nothing , sai e , indeed , —and perhaps that sole fact may prove of more interest to my readers than any other Avhich I coidd adA r ance , —that to him is due the honour of the long and warmly-contested authorship of
that admirable fiction , edited and published by his sister under the title of " Sir Echvard Seaward ' s Narrative . " It was the only imaginative work ever written by Dr . Porter ; nor was it originally intended for publication : but the earnest entreaties of the circle for whose sole amusement it was meant , finally induced him to give it to the public ; although fearing that a
production of that nature might injure him in his profession , he absolutely refused to avow its authorship ; and so fearful Avas he of the betrayal of his secret , that he caused it to be placed in the hands of his sister , precisely as she has described in her introduction ; while it is only justice to her to add ( for her denials of all knowledge of the writer ' s identity Avere for a long period of time positive and persevering ) , that she remained for years in the same state of mystification as her readers .
Sir Robert Iter Porter was , on the contrary , early knoAA n to the public as a successful artist and tourist ; although it is not , I believe , generally patent that he lvas the inventor of those fascinating exhibitions knoAvn as panoramas .
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Father And Son.
Sir J ¦ E ? The reply Avas , as it could not fail to be under the circumstances , very flattering to the gallant and veteran general . " Ha ! " Avas the rejoinder of Anna Maria , " I felt sure that you Avould appreciate his merits ; but you must taste Mm several times before you can relish him . "
Of her literary abilities , although infinitely inferior to those of her elder sister , she Avas also far more vain ; and altogether she made , perhaps , a more brilliant , but decidedly a less endearing impression upon a stranger , which after-acquaintance failed to alter . None , hoAvever , AVIIO Avitnessed her affectionate and unremitting attention to her mother could be otherwise than
touched by its earnestness ; and as , being many years younger than Jane , she was the pet and plaything of the family , some excuse may readily be found for the less perfect discipline of her character . Mrs . Porter , the mother of these gifted sisters , was a singularly neat , gentle , meek old lady , the widow of a surgeon of the Enniskillen dragoons , with Avhom she had cheerfully shared a scanty income and a modest station ; and ivho appears to haA r e
been an essentially amiable man , whose memory Avas cherished to the last by his affectionate helpmate . Of Dr . Porter , the elder son , I know nothing , sai e , indeed , —and perhaps that sole fact may prove of more interest to my readers than any other Avhich I coidd adA r ance , —that to him is due the honour of the long and warmly-contested authorship of
that admirable fiction , edited and published by his sister under the title of " Sir Echvard Seaward ' s Narrative . " It was the only imaginative work ever written by Dr . Porter ; nor was it originally intended for publication : but the earnest entreaties of the circle for whose sole amusement it was meant , finally induced him to give it to the public ; although fearing that a
production of that nature might injure him in his profession , he absolutely refused to avow its authorship ; and so fearful Avas he of the betrayal of his secret , that he caused it to be placed in the hands of his sister , precisely as she has described in her introduction ; while it is only justice to her to add ( for her denials of all knowledge of the writer ' s identity Avere for a long period of time positive and persevering ) , that she remained for years in the same state of mystification as her readers .
Sir Robert Iter Porter was , on the contrary , early knoAA n to the public as a successful artist and tourist ; although it is not , I believe , generally patent that he lvas the inventor of those fascinating exhibitions knoAvn as panoramas .