Tales for Cottagers: Accomodated to the Present Condition of the Irish Peasantry —— Accomodated to the Present Condition of the Irish Peasantry

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ISBN: 9780259295518 出版年：2018 页码：397 Mary Leadbetter Elizabeth Shakleton Forgotten Books

'jem only answered, that a rolling stone gathers no moss, that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and that when one is well, it is better to let well alone. Indeed though Stephen was a young lad, he did not like chang ing often, and he was of Jem's mind, when he ad vised him to wait till Morgan was settled in busi ness for himself, and his own time was served, before he should accept of his brother's offer. Morgan found Dublin the place to his mind, for when he had disobliged one master-carpenter, he told a plausible story to another, and was hired; and when he was tired of working, he found plenty of company who were willing to be idle with him. One day he walked out into the country, then went to the play; another day he saw curious sights, and then regaled himself at a porter-house and when all his money was run out, he returned to his work. But this kind of changeable life is not calculated to make a man fond of work, or of any kind of steady, sober conduct. It also in jured his health, which had formerly been good, when his meals and his work came in due course.