Sketches by Boz - Penn State University

Sketches by Bozattendance. The application was successful, the meetingwas held; the orator (an Irishman) came. He talked in the physiognomy of street-door knockers, almost asbeautiful and interesting study; but there is somethingof green isles—other shores—vast Atlantic—bosom of characteristic, and nearly as infallible. Whenever we visitthe deep—Christian charity—blood and extermination—mercyin hearts—arms in hands—altars and his knocker with the greatest curiosity, for we well know,a man for the first time, we contemplate the features ofhomes—household gods. He wiped his eyes, he blew his that between the man and his knocker, there will inevitablybe a greater or less degree of resemblance andnose, and he quoted Latin. The effect was tremendous—the Latin was a decided hit. Nobody knew exactly what sympathy.it was about, but everybody knew it must be affecting, For instance, there is one description of knocker thatbecause even the orator was overcome. The popularity used to be common enough, but which is fast passingof the distribution society among the ladies of our parishis unprecedented; and the child’s examination is vivial lion smiling blandly at you, as you twist the sidesaway—a large round one, with the jolly face of a con-going fast to decay.of your hair into a curl or pull up your shirt-collar whileyou are waiting for the door to be opened; we never sawCHAPTER VII—OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR that knocker on the door of a churlish man—so far asour experience is concerned, it invariably bespoke hospitalityand another bottle.WE ARE VERY FOND of speculating as we walk through astreet, on the character and pursuits of the people who No man ever saw this knocker on the door of a smallinhabit it; and nothing so materially assists us in these attorney or bill-broker; they always patronise the otherspeculations as the appearance of the house doors. The lion; a heavy ferocious-looking fellow, with a countenanceexpressive of savage stupidity—a sort of grandvarious expressions of the human countenance afford a42