fashion is
carried so
much into
the
country
that the
strong
rich
peculiarities
of ancient
rural life
are almost
polished
away. My
father,
however,
from early
years,
took
honest
Peacham
for his
textbook,
instead of
Chesterfield;
he
determined
in his own
mind that
there was
no
condition
more truly
honorable
and
enviable
than that
of a
country
gentleman
on his
paternal
lands, and
therefore
passes the
whole of
his time
on his
estate. He
is a
