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landlord is a very worthy fellow, I have no 

 doubt, and a very jolly companion ; but he 

 will never answer your purpose or his own, 

 till he ceases to be too great a gentleman to 

 bring in his bill with his own hands, and 

 to receive your money. People talk about 

 Irish misgovernment : the Irish misgovern 

 themselves, for the curse of the country is 

 that every man of every grade is too much 

 of a gentleman for his business." 



" Don't be savage, Parson, though the 

 eggs are raw — were, I should say, for they 

 are well done now ; so finish your breakfast, 

 and recover your temper. There are a 

 pretty many comforts to be met with in 

 Ireland, after all, and pleasures too. You 

 have passed a good deal of your time here 

 voluntarily ; you should not come into a 

 country and speak ill of it." 



" It has good fishing," said the Parson, 

 " certainly ; and as for comforts .... well, 

 I don't know what to say, so Moore shall 

 say it for me : — 



' ' Poor race of men,' said the Whisky Spirit, 

 1 Dearly ye pay for your primal fall ; 

 Some comforts of England ye still inherit, 

 But the twang of potato is over them all.' ' " 



