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own houses, be the patrons of their own tenantry, 

 and the fathers of their own children." Sir Walter 

 does not attempt to describe or analyze the " hu- 

 mours and prejudices" necessary to render the above 

 lures efficacious. Does he infer that such disho- 

 nourable power over their fellow men, or that the 

 opportunity of indulging in such low despicable 

 practices, would induce the country gentlemen to so- 

 journ in their father-land ? It is impossible to say 

 any thing more insultingly cutting. But we are far 

 from imputing to Sir Walter any intentional of- 

 fence. Yet we cannot help being angry with 

 the freakish favouritism of Fortune, although we 

 are sensible it belongs instinctively to the female 

 character, often a necessary and very interesting trait; 

 how she dooms one man from his childhood to toil 

 incessantly for a bare subsistence ; how she lavishes 

 her favours upon another, and surrounds him from 

 the cradle with every delight ; the mind enlightened, 

 the taste cultivated, the body trained to the most 

 graceful exercises, even whose very amusements 

 are considered of so great importance as to throw a 

 high interest upon an art of no earthly utility, but, 

 on the contrary, where the labour of many workmen 

 is thrown uselessly away. We are aware that Sir 

 Walter and his Senator only regard these pastimes 



