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And then ounly percave the cuteness of the swate angel , for no sooner did she obsarve that I was afther the squazing of her flipper , than she up wid it in a jiffy , and put it away behind her back , jist as much as to say , " Now thin , Sir Pathrick O'Grandison , there 's a bitther chance for ye , mavourneen , for it 's not altogether the gentaal thing to be afther the squazing of my flipper right full in the sight of that little furrenner Frinchman , Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns . He is entitled to all the rewards of a bold pioneer , struggling with pecuniary difficulties , and , we might add , with public indifference , in amassing a large amount of valuable information-interesting to almost every man in the Commonwealth . " Is it there ye are , Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns ? " And it was the nixt mornin ' , sure , jist as I was making up me mind whither it would n't be the purlite thing to sind a bit o ' writin ' to the widdy by way of a love-litter , when up com 'd the delivery servant wid an illigant card , and he tould me that the name on it ( for I niver could rade the copperplate printin on account of being lift handed ) was all about Mounseer , the Count , A Goose , Look - - aisy , Maiter-di-dauns , and that the houl of the divilish lingo was the spalpeeny long name of the little ould furrener Frinchman as lived over the way . Richmond : T. W. White , 1835 . " And it 's not meself ye wud have to be bate in the purliteness ; [ page 185 :] so I made her a bow that wud have broken yur heart althegither to behould , and thin I pulled aff me hat with a flourish , and thin I winked at her hard wid both eyes , as much as to say — " Thrue for you , yer a swate little crature , Mrs. I was making up me mind whither it would n't be the purlite thing to sind a bit o ' writing to the widdy by way of a love-litter , when up cum 'd the delivery sarvant wid an illigant card , and he tould me that the name on it ( for I niver cud rade the copper-plate printing on account of being lift handed ) was all about Mounseer , the Count , A Goose , Look-aisy , Maiter-didauns , and that the houl o ' the divilish lingo was the spalpeeny long name of the little ould furrener Frinchman as lived over the way . These Annuals may all be obtained , in Richmond , at the bookstore of Mr. C. Hall . The resources of our great Commonwealth are immense , and if we could once get the public mind into a condition favorable to their full development , the most important consequences might be expected to follow . " Let me infarm you , Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns , " said I , as purlite as iver ye seed , " that it 's not the gintaal thing at all at all , and not for the likes o ' you inny how , to be afther the oggling and a goggling at her leddyship in that fashion , " and jist wid that such another squaze as it was I giv 'd her flipper , all as much as to say , " is n't it Sir Pathrick now , my jewel , that 'll be able to the proticting o ' you , my darlint ? Although this little volume is obviously intended for no other eyes than those of the ' Oxford and Cambridge scholar , ' and although it is absolutely impossible for any American to enter fully into the spirit of its most inestimable quizzes , oddities and eccentricities , still we have no intention of quarrelling with Carey & Hart , for republishing the work on this side of the Atlantic . Many of them are , as Mr. M. himself expresses it , entirely narrative , and give the most authentic and minute accounts of the various movements of the writer at different periods of his life , particularly after his removal to Richmond , and during his labors in establishing the Union Theological Seminary . " The communications of Dr. Howe , since his return from your land , have made us more intimately acquainted with your personal sufferings .