22/29 I'll take two apprentices, and depict their career. One, by perseverance and industry shall obtain fortune, credit, and the highest honours; while the other by an opposite course, and dissolute habits, shall eventually arrive at Tyburn." "Your's will be nearer the truth, and have a deeper moral, Mr.Hogarth," remarked Jack, dejectedly. "But if my career were truly exhibited, it must be as one long struggle against destiny in the shape of--" "Jonathan Wild," interposed Gay. By the by, Mr.Hogarth, didn't I see you last night at the ridotto with Lady Thornhill and her pretty daughter ?" "Me!--no, Sir," stammered Hogarth, colouring. |