66 In proportion to her success or otherobject she looks upon the lady as a sonable, fine, weak, cheatable creature, d (as she tells him) can never be too her bearing such troubles on his acs a Frenchified conceited madam, who a deplorable match for the poor gentleuredly be the death of the baby with about natural living," and her blasnst rum, pieces of fat, and Daffy's gentleman in like manner-or "master er ones call him—is, according as he If and receives her revelations for gosgood man,"-"quite a gentleman," ry model of a husband for mistress," on the other hand, he is a "very strange 66 66 - 66 quite an oddity," one that is not his own good,”—that will "neither be -that will "be the death of mistress, ant fidge-fidge in and out of the room," king her "laugh in that dreadful manforth; and as to his "pretending to it is like a cow with a candle-stick," baby," indeed, is a science which she long exclusively to herself; she makes favor to visitor or servant to let them a trial of it; and affable intimations the oldest mothers of families, who er mistress, how they will do well to e instruction on that head, and not stitute their fine-spun theories for her : for your Monthly Nurse (next to a Ison) is the greatest teacher of your how to suck eggs, in the world; and been forty years in the habit of stickfind your competency come to noth to him, while he is present; and when he has e room, a spell remains upon her from his suknowledge. Yet she has her hearty likes or s of him, too, and on the same grounds of ference. If she likes him, there 66 never was king on for the the gene Sansw beautiful doctor," except perhaps Sir Wilor Doctor Buttermouth (both dead), and alexcepting the one that recommended herself. a “fine man,”—so patient,—so without pride,— et "so firm like;" nobody comes near him difficult case,-for a fever case, for the mannt of a "violent lady." If she dislikes him, he ueer,"-" odd,"-" stubborn," has the 66 new tious" fo -very proper, she has no doubt, but not whatthing else but the which is n that if I s been used to, or seen practised by the docout court. And, whether she likes him or not, s always a saving grace for herself, of suty to all other nurses in point of experience od luck. She has always seen a case of more ty than the one in hand, and knows what was or it; and Dr. Gripps, who is "always" called uch cases, and who is a very pleasant though sort of gentleman, calls her his "other right and "the jewel that rhymes to gruel." not do, a ng of its lies the strate acr dcap and redder in grunt a permit, a ats, and obstropul in depre babies are always kings and queens, loves, 5s, jewels, and poppets. Beauties also, be and as all babies are beautiful, and the last more beautiful than the one before it, and hild is father to the man,” mankind, according rse, ought to be nothing but a multitude of es and Adonises; aldermen should be mere ; full-grown, and the passengers in Fleet male and female, slay one another, as they th the unbearableness of their respective But she has also modes of speech simply 3. hty cat or), and ysterious hism of the past pet, then? to the fu Ꮦ 80 ; 11 doing well, it must not be luu honor of the importance of the case eral dignity of ailment, and hence the er, as well as can be expected." By baby arrives at the robustness of a , and appears to begin to smack its nifestly the most ill used of infant eleseries of random hits are not made at 1 cheeks with a piece of the fat of pig; s sleepy and yet will "not go to sleep phenomenon usually developed about : Nurse wants her tea), or when it is or not having had enough pig, or from e which has been counteracted, or anysly sup of gin lately given it, or the now running into its back, it is equally Daffy, or Godfrey, or rocking the chair a perpetual thumping of the back and s very soul out will; and, accordingly, e future lord or lady of the creation -oss the nurse's knees, a lump in a d interminable clothes, getting redder the face, ejaculating such agonies beand shout as each simultaneous thump nd secretly saluted by its holder with drat it," and was there ever such lous' little devil!" while her lips are ecation of the "naughty milk," or the 66 66 (which is to be beaten for its ill be"Dordie" (Georgy) is told to "go" to place, called "Bye-Bye;" or the whole nursery interrogation is gone through, t tenses of the amenities of "Was it a " and "Did it break its pretty heart?" ture glories of "Shall it be a king, l it be a King Pepin?" "Shall it be a this sort have risen upon the world its fuses and Apollos, its Napoleons, its Platos, Shakespeares. at it should be made a question (ridiculed y the shallow, the nurse among them, but ously mooted by philosophers) whether in and tenderest month of existence the little f already made organs, sensations, and pases not receive impressions from this frivorly "nobody' " which may affect the temper osition of the future man or woman! whether utiful fury,”—though we confess we never a phenomenon,-whether the crash in the set, or the sacrifice of a daughter's happia father's will and obstinacy, had not its s sown in the lap of this poppet-dandling . Not its first," we apprehend. Those, it, are of far earlier origin, the little creag much older than is generally supposed, comes under the influence of this its third transitory and not always most foolish But we have no doubt that she contributes on of effect. This is, however, what she an by no means comprehend. As if any (she thinks) 66 66 nger has asing an affection except in the article of sugar, and the mode of holding, can be uence to one so young!" She is neverthediligent in looking for "marks" about his I tracing them to influences on the mother's d yet she cannot see that the then impressicreature is still impressible. Heaven and to come together if the piece of fat is not or the clothes are not of the proper fashthe sudden affrightment, the secret blow, ening jolt to sleep, or the giving way to I sisters are all impressible, whatever the be; and accordingly, with her usual ine love of power, she generally contrives ch inconsiderate harm to them as possis the seeds of jealousy in their minds-here already-by telling them that they case to look upon themselves as the only ersons in the family, for that " a little come to put their noses out of joint." picturesque introduction to the frater s! JENNY KISSED ME kissed me when we met, nto your list, put that in! eary, say I'm sad; -health and wealth have missed me; rowing old, but add Jenny kissed me! |