WOULD BLACKGUARD AN ANGEL.
Mr Buskin says :—Because I have paßsedlmy life in almsgiving, not in fortune hunting ; because I have labored always for the honor of others, not my own ; and have chosen rather to make men look to Turner and Linui, than to form or exhibit the skill of my own hand ; because I have lowered my rents and assured the comfortable lives of my poor tenants, instead of taking from them all I could force for the roofs they need ; . because I have loved, a wood' walk better than a London street, and would rather watch a sea gull fly than shoot it, and rather hear a thrush sing than eat it; finally, because I have never disobeyed my mother, and have honored all women with' solemn worship, and.have been kind even to.the unthankful and the evil; therefore
the hacks of English art and literature wsg their heads. at me, and the 'poor wretch who pawns the dirly linen of hie soul daily for a bottle of sour wine and a cigar, talks of the effeminate eentimen* tality of BuskiiK
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4373, 9 January 1883, Page 4
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183WOULD BLACKGUARD AN ANGEL. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4373, 9 January 1883, Page 4
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