fiill of spirit;" also, that Pegotty's account of his search for Emly was "bad;" and that Mrs. Micawber's
inspired suggestions as to the negotiation of her husband's bills, was "good;" (I mean, of course, that the
reading was;) and that Dora the child-wife, and the storm at Yarmouth, where Steerforth perished, were
not as good as they might have been. Every passage Mr. D. read, with the exception of those I have noted,
was rendered with a degree of ability far below what his reading reputation led us to expect. I have given
"first impressions." Possibly if I could hear Mr. Dickens read a few more times I might find a different
style of impressions taking possession of me. But not knowing anything about that, I cannot testily.
