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tda « fcf foe $ fch * nd last of their / adopted vhildtefy cari ^ e bettefi conceived than describe d * Upon the supposition tl « U Ntiralis had had a ha ^ id in it , they all surrounded him , ftia ' 'tu altercation commenced which was more animated than agrtf ^ t able . The bull- ^ og , upon receiving the lady ' s hall , ma'de a sKp instead of a spring , and it was then that his friend and m ^ stei thou g ht it time to interfere , revenge what had occurred , a& $ defend his bull-dog . He was up in a moment with a knofro stick , and rushed towards the field of action ; but the ^ afty ; whose valet had loaded another brace of pistols , seemed in no wise afraid * She possessed wonderful coolness and presence 01 mind , and if the man had required satisfaction for the injury
done to his bull-dog , looked as though she would have been happy to have afforded it him upon deck that instaqt . ¥ <> ¥ tun&tely he was overpowered , whilst brandishing his stick , b ^ the captain , cook , and part of the crew . The lady vv-as thtup spared the trouble of shooting him as well as his dog . Biii ^ hat was tp be done with the pair of savages no v ^ th ^ y we : re mastered ? In order to discuss the question properly , lil eri ^ e was enjoined and temporary order established , very fortunately for N oy ^ lis , whom the English family were about to throw l « 0 th 6 Hhine after the monkies .
It was now announced that an English member of Parliament , of liberal principles , who was present , would take the cliafi —* that is to say , mount one of the carriages , and make a speech . Novalis was all attention when he heard this , for he count&I
essentially on the co-operation of the English Parliament- ^ that nsonder of the legislative world—for effecting his p lans fo p the abolition of all vice and evil , and the absolute perfectiofi of mankind . The Hon . Member spoke as follows ^ addressing the Captain of the steam-boat as Speaker : —
. ? Sir , —When we behold the heauties of this more than lovely cpuntry ;—when we reflect how we must all feel the inextinguishable beavfti ^ of nature ( applause ) ; when we consider the sublimity and rai * etfe 4 paWe ^ of human ideas ; of mountains mingled with rivers , of risers With trees / of trees with clouds , of clouds with sun-light and with joy , arid the uncommon beauty of every thing , ( immense applause— -ike < tw ft ^^^ v— cries of" order orcfer' ) ; when we recollect that the ^ e is * * pi the in the t ^ ey
qhjQtye , wfyose r ^ ya illumine day superior inaun ^ r ^ ^ this present moment ( hear , hearj , and when we think * of ^ tl ^ tegluM which we nqust all feel r under such high and sensitive dralo ^ s ^ pcM ; wl ^ e ^ we sum up , I say , sir , all this immense raa $ s of feeljflg , 0 $ { $$ crowd pf ideas , it is quite impossible , and almost ridiculous , to concise how tiusman and this bull-dog came to behave in this pprij . pf a wi | V ^ r x beer io move , sir , that both the ton . members be excluded rfrqm tibStf bououtable . house I * ;'
. * ¦ . * ' m is almost too bad . I ^ owever , our travellin g aulhpfi llfvfj ^ hoim adjttr
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 691, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/39/
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