... gravity of their gait. The peacock is not more tender, from a consciousness of his peculiar infirmity, than a gentleman of this profession is of being known by the same infallible testimonies of his ... weakened its force. His humour isbetter when he has some definite aim in view, as in his letters about America, where he lost his money. Butwe have not many specimens of it in his writings, the ... inactivity at the seaport in time of peace. Many a man has owed his success in life partly to his following his father's profession, and here fortunefavoured Jerrold, as his maritime experiences...