Nature and Art

ld have introduced him. His performance was so much admired, that he had the honour of being admitted to several tavern feasts, of which he had also the honour to

, had one grief which eclipsed all the happiness of his new life;-his brother William could not play on the fid

arks of his kind disposition towards his beloved brother: but all his endeavours, he perceived, could not soothe or soften the sullen mind of William. At length, taking from his pocket a handful of almonds, and some delicious fruit (which

attuned only to sense, could ever descend from that elevation, to learn mere sounds-William caught up the tempting pr

of claret, which he held fast by the neck, while he assured his brother that, "although he had taken it while the waiter's back was turned, yet it might be drank with a safe conscien

seen since he left his father's house, had such an effect in calming the displeasure he was cherishin

inted himself to obtain for him this

ed to say, "Do, brother William, let

h less vehemence: at length they both a

ing as in this gay town they are of music. You know you have as much talent for the one as I for the other: