Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life. Volume 1

Andy Icing Champagne
The Collected Writings of SAMUEL LOVER
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The Collected Writings of SAMUEL LOVER
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY MDCCCCIII
Copyright, 1901, by Little, Brown, & Co.
UNIVERSITY PRESS JOHN WILSON AND SON CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
ADDRESS
I have been accused in certain quarters, of giving flattering portraits of my countrymen. Against this charge I may plead that, being a portrait-painter by profession, the habit of taking the best view of my subject, so long prevalent in my eye, has gone deeper, and influenced my mind:—and if to paint one's country in its gracious aspect has been a weakness, at least, to use the words of an illustrious compatriot,
—the failing leans to virtue's side.