Mr. Midshipman Easy

a school at which t

f I only dared, would not I, that's all!" and then walked out of the room, repaired to the carriage at the front door, when he showed his hands to the coachman, who looked down from his box in great commiseration, at the same time fully sharing his fellow-servant'

eeth white as ivory, and his mild blue eye was the ne plus ultra of beneficence. He was the beau-ideal of a preceptor, and it was impossible to see him and hear his mild pleasing voice, without wishing that all your sons were under his protection. He was a ripe

as he entered the room, and they shook hands. Middleton then tu

t I have almost as bad. I will apply the Promethean torch,

e, Bonnycastle, how you will possibly manage to lick suc

was called up as often as most boys in the school, and I perfectly recollect, that eventually I cared nothing for a flogging. I had b

ave thought

ensation comes over the part, and the pain after that is nothing; whereas a good sound caning leaves sores and bruises in every part, and on all the parts which are required for muscular action. After a flogging, a boy may run out in the hours of recreatio

re excessively lenient," replied Middleton, la

measures? At the same time, allow me to say, that I consider my system by far the best. At the public schools, punishment is no check; it is so triflin

terrorist,

ice, I never found it to answer-and for the best of reasons, our self-love is stronger than our love for others. Now I never y

system of schooling without correction; and wh

t many fools in t

o then detailed to the pedagogue the idiosyncrasy of Mr Easy, an

s young gentleman before his parents call to see him. Depend

did not vouchsafe to answer. "Never mind, Doctor, he will be more pol

The great "sine qua non" with him was attention to their studies. He soon discovered the capabilities of his pupils, and he forced them accordingly; but the idle boy, the bird who "could sing and wouldn't sing," received no mercy. The consequence was, t

s the only attribute by which he could be controlled. So, as soon as Dr Middleton had

was no fool, and somehow or another, the discipline he had received from his father had given him some intimation of wha

s your othe

t he looked again in Mr Bonnycastle's face, and then round the room: there

why you are s

ing fa

nt to learn to

and write," repl

are going to read your

splayed to John's astonished view a series of canes, ranged up and do

nt idea that he was sure to be better acq

oon learn. Look now here," continued Mr Bonnycastle, opening a book with large type, and ta

turning his eyes away,

k at it, so that you may know it again. That's

ed to resist, so

ellows will do," said Mr Bonnycastle, taking down a cane. "Observe, Joh

arn to read

shoulders, who burst out into

"That's the letter B. Now tell me,

mar." Whack! "

etter i

and the tears on his cheeks, answered,

again, and a fresh

etter's

red Johnny; "I won'

old you before, that's the letter B. W

d up the book, and dashed it to the corner of the room. Whack, whack. Johnny attempted to seize Mr Bonnycastle with his teeth. Whack, whack, wha

stle said to him, "Now, Johnny, you perceive that you must do as you are bid

nny, without intending

have not been beaten. Now, Johnny, you must go and bring the book

e. With every intention to refuse, Johnny p

d the letter B. Here it is: now, Jo

made no

up in the air. The appeal was too powerful. Johnny eyed the c

er, and you shall go to bed. You have learned more than you thin

es of his mother and Sarah, which he never knew the value of-after stuffing himself all day long, and being tempted to eat till he turned away in satiety, to find himself without his mother, without Sarah, without supper covered with wheals, and, what was worse than all, without his own way. No wonder Johnny was confused; at the same time that he was subdued; and, as Mr Bonnycastle had truly told him, he had learnt more than he had any idea of. And what would Mrs Easy have said, had she known all this-and Sarah, too? And Mr Easy, with his rights of man? At the very time