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'There is no over-population, if those Unions, according to their capabilities, were cultivated as the average of English counties, with the same skill and capital. And Mr. Twisleton said 'I did not speak of a redundant population in reference to land, only to capital. The land of Ireland could maintain double its present population.
"In spite of Madden's difficulty of utterance," said he, "and his very visible disinclination to move " "I'm not going to do any more shouting," said Madden, "even though you propose the health of the chancellor, vice-chancellor, and two members." "Not even though he throws the proctor's into the bargain," said Twisleton.
Having uttered these very lugubrious words, and almost succeeded in throwing a wet blanket over the party, he sat down. "Now, you're not going to do anybody else, are you?" said Madden. "Only Twisleton, and Gerard, and Hopgood," answered Bertram; "and Fortescue looks as if he expected it. Perhaps, however, he'll let us off till the day after to-morrow."
Twisleton, speaking of them, said that they were a noble people; and truly the exertions which they made to avoid becoming chargeable upon the rates were heroic.
It's always said at these matutinal meals which, by-the-by, would be the nicest things in the world, only one doesn't know what on earth to do when they're over." "It's time to go to dinner then," said Twisleton. "That may do for the 'dura ilia' of a freshman, but now that you're a B.A., you'll find that that power fails you greatly.
Twisleton, whose father was a Treasury secretary. They both talked to her about Harcourt, and the great speech he was making at that moment; and she smiled and looked so beautiful, that when they got together at one end of the supper-table, they declared that Harcourt was out-and-out the luckiest dog of his day; and questioned his right to monopolize such a treasure.
Edward Twisleton April 24th, 1866. From Lord Clarendon Rome, February 2nd. I cannot let an old friend like yourself hear by common report an event most interesting to us, and which will therefore, I am sure, not be without interest to you.
There was another scholar, Malden, who should have been mentioned with the group above; the second Sir Frederick Pollock, who wrote too little but left an excellent translation of Dante, besides some reminiscences and other work; Philip Pusey, elder brother of the theologian, and a man of remarkable ability; James Spedding, who devoted almost the whole of his literary life to the study, championship, and editing of Bacon, but left other essays and reviews of great merit; Twisleton, who undertook with singular patience and shrewdness the solution of literary and historical problems like the Junius question and that of the African martyrs; and lastly George Stovin Venables, who for some five and thirty years was the main pillar in political writing of the Saturday Review, was a parliamentary lawyer of great diligence and success, and combined a singularly exact and wide knowledge of books and men in politics and literature with a keen judgment, an admirably forcible if somewhat mannered style, a disposition far more kindly than the world was apt to credit him with, and a famous power of conversation.
Or if he has taken a fad into his head, and had a pet point of his own, it's all up with him then, too, generally. But it will never do, Wilkinson, to boody over these things. Come, let you and I be seen walking together; you'll get over it best in that way. We'll go over to Parker's, and I'll stand a lunch. We'll find Gerard, and Madden, and Twisleton there.
Wilkinson, sit opposite there and give Twisleton some of that pie that he was talking of." And so they sat down to their banquet; and Harcourt, in spite of the refinement which London had doubtless given to his taste, seemed perfectly able to appreciate the flavour of the University vintage.
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