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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume III by Sir Jonah Barrington

Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume III by Sir Jonah Barrington

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This is volume three of three and was published in 1832.

Some excerpts from the Preface:

The Introduction prefixed to the first volume
of these Sketches somewhat developes the origin
of the work, and the source of its materials.
Commenced to wear away the tedium of a pro-
tracted winter, it continued, for nearly three
months, the amusement of my leisure hours.
During that short space the entire of the two
first volumes was collected and composed.
whatever they may be, I alone am responsible.
Not one anecdote character sentence obser-
vation line or even thought, was contributed or
suggested to me by any living person ; nor was a
single page of the MS. even seen by any friend
save one (and that but very partially), on whose
suggestion it had been commenced, and on whose
recommendation I transmitted the two first
volumes to my present publisher, but with (I
own) very great diffidence as to their catastrophe.
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Ireland has been ever celebrated by every
author who characterised it, as the most amatory
of islands ; and the disinterestedness of its lovers,
and their inveterate contempt of obstacles, and
abhorrence of any species of procrastination, has
been a subject of general eulogium.

Love is the only object of liberty and equality
as yet enjoyed by the Irish people. Even among
the better orders, money, not being in general there
the circulating medium of matrimony, is always
despised when it does not attend, and abused
behind its back as inveterately as if it was a
sub-sheriff.
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Of the egotistical tone of these volumes I am
also most gravely accused. The best reply I can
make, (and it seems rather a decisive one,) is,
that it would be a task somewhat difficult for the
wisest author that ever put pen to paper, to
separate egotism from autobiography ; indeed, I
believe it has never yet been practically at-
tempted. Were I to leave myself out of three
volumes of my own personal anecdotes, I rather
think I should be consigned to Miss Edgeworth for
the destiny of increasing her volume of Irish
Blunderers. I fancy also that with most ladies
and gentlemen in these civilized parts of this
terrestrial globe, the amour propre (alias egotism)
holds a very considerable rank amongst their
intellectual gallantries ; and, as in garcon Cupid's
amours, it would be no easy matter for either
sex to enforce profound silence on the matter of
their adoration ; and I apprehend the singular
number will hardly be turned out of service in
the English grammar to gratify my commentators
by making me write nonsense.

These observations are addressed to my good-
humoured and playful critics ; but there is ano-
ther class of a very different description. I have
been honoured by the animadversions of as many
of these sharp-set gentry as any uncelebrated
author could possibly expect, or indeed any
reasonable writer could possibly wish for; and,
though the comparison may be considered as out
of course, I shall nevertheless add it to the rest of
my errata, and compare my orchestra of cavillers
to the performers in a Dutch concert, where
every musician plays his own tune, and no two
of their airs or instruments are in harmony.

Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Volume III by Sir Jonah Barrington

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