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    SKETCHES OF DOMESTIC LIFE.—No. I.

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    THE IMBECILE . Cyrii , Conway was one of those unfledged barristers whose appeal , in their outset in life , lies more to the courts of criticism , than to the courts of law : that is , he eked out a scanty income

    by large outgoings from his brain , for the supply of various quarterly and other periodical publications . His position , in the abstract , calculated to move the contemplative to compassion , was , in the detail , anything but painful . Cyril was , fortunately , not one of those who * Beat at their brains and fancy wit will come , ' but who , * Knock as they will , find nobody at home / He suffered none of those pains of parturition which necessarily make some writers think so much of their literary offspring , though nobody else does . The fountains of Cyril's thoughts were ever flowing : when once fairly engrossed by a theme , what cared he for the dull or coarse realities of life ? He was as far from

    them as his antipodes from him—as much above them as the cerulean sky is above the ocean abyss ! It mattered not that his chambers were meanly and scantily furnished—that the negligence of the laundress had left a very small supply of coals , and that he had not economized them with sufficient care and skill .

    Far , far from such perceptions had his spirit gone to riot amid scenes of rich revelry , where c wit set the table in a roar , ' or music ' lapped the soul in elysium . ' When the spell was dissolved by the closing of the article he was writing , he would fold it up , put it into his pocket , button

    his coat , put out his candles , and go forth . The intensity of light lately burning within him suddenly subsided , but was not extinct : enough was left to form a halo , which lighted him through the dull streets , and kept him warm and buoyant till he reached the printing-office , where another inspiration touched him .

    There was a charm about Cyril ' s manner and character which none could resist ; it made him welcome everywhere ; no creature ,, who had even but by chance . spoken to him , ever forgot him , or would not have been glad to meet him again . The very link boy , who conducted him over a dirty crossing , felt a glow of good

    will towards him , for he was sure to say something which made the poor lad think the better of himself and the world for the rest of the night ; and , as the few coppers were dropped into his hat , the ' God bless your honour ! ' came from the boy ' s heart as well as his lips . At the editor ' s or printer ' s office , therefore , where Cyril was

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 145, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/1/