Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-12-17
T7Itcr c-..t'e Sunsa--.

As usual. from Lockhart's farrago we
cannot find ont the first thing we want To
know-whethcr Scott worked after his
weekday custom on the Sunday morn
ing. Bat, ! gather not; at all events his
household and lis cattle rested, IL. III.
1857 ! imagine he walked out into the
woods OF read quietly in his study. I'm
mediately after breakfast, whoever WIS
in the house, Ladies' and gentlemen,
shall read prayers at IL, when | expect
YOU to attend. (yii. 300. Quo stions
Of college and other externally unami
nous PRAYERS settled for us very briefly
IF vou have no faith have at least man
ners lie read the Church of England
service, lessons and all, the latter, ii
interesting, cloqueutly Gbid) After
the service, one Of Jeremy Taylor's scr
mons wi. 1SS.l After sermon, ii the
weather was fine, walk with his family,
dogs included. and guests, TO cold picnic,
til 1r2, followed by short cxtemporr
Biiii,al NOVELTIES for he had ms Biblr,
the O.d Testament especially 10y heart, ii
having been his mo:h-Is's las! gifi tp
hun. (yi. Ia These lessons to his
children in Bible history were alWays
given. whether there WIS picnic or moi.
For the rest Of the afternoon he took his
pleasure IN .he woods with Tom Purhe,
WHO also always appeared at his master $
elbow. on Sunday after dinner WAS over.
and drank long lie io the laird and his
lady and all thc good company, III quaiph
r vhs- key oi - luuh!yi ol wine. accord
a. 3. - fancy ty. 1861 What yoi
might iIrr,n on the other evenings Of
the week, Scott always dined IT homo uI,
sSunday; and with old friends, never, uu.
less inevitably, receiving any person with
whom he stood On ceremony ". 3'5.l lie
came into the room rubbing his hand.
like a boy arriving home for the holiday
bis Peppers and Mustnrds gamhoilnr
around about hIm, ''udeyon the stately
Mazda erinning and wag2iue his tai %illl
ermpathy. From the Isqucbau"h OF
the lez5honorrd week DAYS, at the SUNDAY
board he circulated the champagne brisk
IL during dinner. and considered u pint
Of claTot each mans share aitorNart IS.
339. Ia tbe evening music hcing to the
Scottish mind indecorouH he read aloud
some fayorite author for the amusement
or edification Of his little circle Shake
phere, it might be, or Dryden, Johnson,
or Jonna Bailio, Crabbe, or Wordsworth.
But in those days Byron was pouring
out his spirit fresh and full, and ii - new
piece from his hand had appeared, At was
cure 10 hc read by Scott the Sunday even
lug aftofward and that with such de-
lighted emphasis as showed how com
pletcly the elder bard had kept up his
enthusiasm for poetry at pitch Of youth,
and all his admiration Of genus, free
pure. and unsiained by the least drop ui
literary iealousy.' With such necessary
and easily lmmaginablc varieties rs
cLmced IN, having Dandy Dnmmt oi
Captain Brown for guests at Abbotsfold
or Colonel Mamcrin1, Counsellor rley
dell, aud Dr. Robertson in Casile-strcef
such was Sc.tts hahituai Sabbath
dav, we perceive, Of catln" the fat, tdm
ucr. presumably not cold, being a wurl
of necessity and mercy thou also, cveI
thou, SAINT Thomas of Irumbull, has
thine . and drinking the sweet. ahnn
dgnt in the manner of Mr. SputhrY
cataract OF Lodorc Here IT come
sparkling. \ day hestrcwu with c"rpn
atiOns aud sups ia wine decpin lihatiOn'
to good hope and fond memory II day
Of rest 10 beast aud mirth to man, tas nl-'
to symphathctic beasts that can be mcr
ry. and concluding itself in an oI1,hi.
hour Of delight, slgnifying peace oi
Twecdsidc. and goodwill to men, ther'
OF farawav always excepting the Frcncl
and Boney JyL., E"'i0 IN he Nip'
tecaH Cc0tupY,