You may try such agreeable personages for yourself: I could wish you no greater punishment.
And now I will speak of the violin and the flute.

I have never availed myself of those expedients; it is a method which I have never learned.

I will describe for your amusement a few interesting incidents, which I had an opportunity to witness in a not inconsiderable city, while on a journey with my daughters.

The teacher with the flute was a gentle, quiet, mild musician; he was on very good terms with his pupil, and indulged in no disputes; every thing went on peaceably, without passion, and "in time." They both twittered tenderly and amicably, and were playing, in celebration of the birthday of an old aunt who was rather hard of hearing, a sonata by Kuhlau, which was quite within the power of both.

The old aunt, who, of course, could hear but little of the soft, flute tones, and the light, thin, modest, square piano, kept asking me: "Is not that exquisite?
what do you think of it ?" I nodded my head and praised it, for the music was modest and made no pretension.
I will pass next to the violin.