The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750)

t me here to

hat for colleg

I settl

ncient li

iles away fr

ay from anywh

nceville evermo

stood since the

iles away fr

vacation, rollicking back over the dusty, Tre

op like bees on a comb of honey, and clung to step and strap. Inside, those who had failed of

Doc Macnooder as lea

rm then I ga

well, I d

looked my

sters crie

iles away fr

ere, you legs, keep together!

oval had lengthened, the mouth was straighter, more determined, and in the quiet set of eyes was something of the mental suffering of the last months. He had returned, wondering a little what would be his greeting. The first person he had met was the Coffee-colored Angel, who shook hands wit

gress, halted at the first hill, with a sudden r

" shouted

ery boy was o

l p

ozens of vigorous hands,

e pl

rea

her

shly claimed below, was thrust kicking and wriggling

rchestra?" sa

aye,

gs in t

me L

two, t

Second Form

played such

begged me

oing to

iles away fr

ers stopped their plows or came to the thresholds, shading their eyes; while the cattle in the fiel

eaters, the Fifth Formers, the new Lords of Creation, in buggies

Doc Mac

Pup! You old

e Coffee-Co

s Lovel

ng be

o, Sk

you Fa

you l

at the Ji

e's S

uffy! Look

he Davis H

legs ar

noo, na

noo, na

y! Ho

ence

. "Legs at attention. More action t

ime, I reached

ht in examin

ent playe

most brok

iles away fr

id the Coffee-Colored Angel

nne

Roman

over, who was persuaded that his new assignm

you roomi

nnessee

'll be a w

ut from the bac

ce, a

ennessee Shad an

out, J

'em

t, De

it,

Shad standing at the reins in one, Dennis de Brian de Boru Finnegan in the other, e

on the

run, D

ut, you

, Dennis!

d wi

his form,

you j

d wi

rra

rra

rro

horse in a Spanish bullfight ring has over another, Dennis de Brian de Boru suddenly produced the remnants of a bag of cream puffs and, by mea

is fo

, Brian

éclair

an om

a tom

ut and

peared in mingle

sh on the stage top, conducted the next

rlie DeSoto and

s for the fo

e you,

h, ol

do you

tty

ou can't r

we do to

, acknowledging the salu

ted Macnooder. "All you tenor legs get into thi

game call

s the gam

ceville ca

ill shor

all the sc

hem wipes

ty-six to no

enceville

gallant

s the Red

n carry the

men on

it throug

they touc

ty-six to no

enceville

e song. He forgot his aloofness, he felt one of them, t

" he found himself saying to

bet i

to looks fit,

unds heavier,

ge, that

to sing the

nothing when Andover comes a

ked Stover respectfully o

rtainl

the pr

ing. It's the line's t

be some new

d him over with an apprais

t I'm g

o you s

bout 14

ig

ght try for the

n the game, though, w

ball the crowd eagerly

out for

e Tough McCart

e's too

r, and stick the Walad

you? Shows what

l be in at tack

aid Stevens

nic, quiet answer and stored it away for classification and meditation among t

wer! I see the water

the C

l u

er for th

toget

her

cheer and th

ull this off in fine shape. We're going to drive around the Circle. And I want thi

ried several voi

the whole show. Now, get t

wi

the master spoke, clanging its inexorable note

he old

own

th the G

rde

Melan

er. "Give 'em The Gym Bell-al

o h

ow and melancholy

des of night

ampus, gree

owsy sons

couches t

umber god h

pell of ma

ds them th

early mor

'em now, Rip h

awa

e cla

he ba

he wh

cupola o'

ancient

ing to the windows to hail them, the stage went

the same old grind,"

?" said Stover; and

the gri

d lu

all s

ing t

ing t

in a mu