The Irish standard., 1888-07-07
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itself with yonr outward mannikin.
Your name (tDog on it, as the Bailie
says) has long been familiar to- us all,
but how few Of the admirers Sof your
genius have ever seenin the flesh Ensign
and Adjutant Sir Morgan q loo1herty.
Profit by this opport unity ladies' ilii and
gentlemen, this is the veritabie Milesian,
the undoubted heir and representative
of the old chiefs Of the great clan Of the
sept O'Gin.''
s.This extraordinary specimen of the
real original Phmnicisp (er Punic) breed
is now, we are credibly informed, in the
thirty. seventh year of his age; but
though Burns, Bellingham, and Byron
worked themselves out by that time Of
day, the Doctor is still considered in full
possession OF many of his facul-
ties. His locks, indeed, are si]very, and
till Of late that circumstance told against
him, but in grief and yexation he shaved
ell off; at the period Of 'sthe breaking i'll
upon the constitution, 2 and, having sub.
sequently mounted an elegant nut-brown
scratch (the masterpiece Of Old Morgan
of St. James street, he now wears on the
whole a juvenile aspect, rather than
otherwise, Our good-humored nonchal-
ance of this learned and libellous coun-
tenance. Kigh Church and State doc
trines should be seriously adopted and
manfully maintained. Wings, Papists,
Radicals, whatever comes under the dis
gushing category Of liberalism, should
be exposed, insulted, stabbed, crucified,
impaled, drawn and quartered in essay,
disquisition, review, romance, ballad,
squib, pasquinade, and epigram, in
Greek, in Hebrew, in Latin, in Irish, in
Italian, in English, and in slang; but no
interference with the calm pursuits of che
scholar or the graceful amenities of the
gentleman. Take things easy after seven
o'clock; from that hour till Swo in the
morning be your own man, from two to
ten be your own wife's man; from ten
till seven again be the man. OF the public,
Carpe diem. Leave no moment abso-
lutelv idle, and suffer no sense, however
great of superiority to influence your
conduct and demeanour. BE Bentley
If YOU can. but omit the brutality; rival
Parr, eschewing all ponlposity; out
lingu1st old Magllabeccli aud yet be q
man Of the world; emulate Swift in
satire, hut suffer not one squeeze Of his
saeva ndignatio to eat your own heart.
BE and do all this, and the Doctor will
no longer DO al unique
Whether shining a precious gem in
Trinity College, Dublin, or Illuminating
the young ideas Of the Corkers, or sua-
tanning the power aid glory of Black
wood OF now .co-edlting the grand, un-
staunch, sturdy organ Of ortho~
doxy, the Standard 1--WE say nothing OF g
casual contribution 70 Regina). che re-
doubted O'Doherty has always been; is,
and ever Will be, the joyial, also the
simple hearted, the careless, and the
benignant. Floreat Doctor! Long may
he continue at once the star OF oux cru
dition, Our philosophy, and our dialectes,
and, in his OWL immortal words
A randy, handy, brandy, no dandy,
Rollicking jig of an Trishman.
Long 1nay his voice be heard in the land,
now pouring out Iich food Of hex"
aneters, and now cheering the festive
circle with the hearty, jolly. soul-stjrrine,
chant, which he inditedin the day of his
youth
Drink to me only from a jug, and will pledge
in rnine,
So fill my glass with whiskey punch, and I'll not
ask for wine!
We have always been of opinion that
had the Poet Laureate and 1.-The Doctor"
taken Orders they would have made two
admirable bishops.
In 1880 .Frazer's Magazine for Town
and Country was established by Hugh
Frazer and Maginn The most brilliant
literary men OF the day contributed to it.
Maclise's sketch of s'Che Frazerans,' is
we'll known. Maginn wrote for the
series Of pen-and-ink sketches
Of it's con tributors, under the title Of ga
Gallery Of Literary Characters" which
were accompanied in each case with
drawing Of Che subject of the paper from
che brilliant pencil of Maclise.
Maginn has not left after him anything
worthy Of his genius. He was too
cratic; the love of the bottle was too
strong in him to enable him to devote
himself to any work needing patient toll
and application. He worked only in fits
and starts. In his sober hours he would
take pen in hand for few minutes and
dash Of one Of those wonderful feu de !
esprit, III prose or verse, which sparkles
80 brilliantly among the pages of Frazer's