Old-time schools and school-books . e of a merchant to put on the mean and despised habitof a scholar, and return me back to the school of phi-losophy, where there is nothing to lose, and the most satis-factory and durable things to be gained. Successful Bravery. Mr. GILLET, a French quarter-master, going home tohis friends, had the good fortune to save the life of a youngwoman, attackedby two fell uponthem, sabre inhand, unlocked thejaw of the firstvillain, who held adagger to herbreast, and at onestroke pared thenails of the otherjust above thewrist. Moneywas offered by thegratef
Old-time schools and school-books . e of a merchant to put on the mean and despised habitof a scholar, and return me back to the school of phi-losophy, where there is nothing to lose, and the most satis-factory and durable things to be gained. Successful Bravery. Mr. GILLET, a French quarter-master, going home tohis friends, had the good fortune to save the life of a youngwoman, attackedby two fell uponthem, sabre inhand, unlocked thejaw of the firstvillain, who held adagger to herbreast, and at onestroke pared thenails of the otherjust above thewrist. Moneywas offered by thegrateful parents;he refused it; they offered him their daughter, a younggirl of 16, in marriage; the veteran, then in his 73rdyear, declined, saying, Do you think that I have rescuedher from instant death, to put her to a lingering one, bycoupling so lively a body with one worn out with age ? Few of the early text-books enjoyed more favorthan Stamfords The Art of Reading, Boston, title-page says it contains A variety of selected. A Rescue. From The Columbian Reading Book- 284 Old-time Schools and School-books and original pieces, Narrative, Didactic, Argumenta-tive, Poetical, Descriptive, Pathetic, Humorous, andEntertaining, together with Dialogues, Speeches,Orations, Addresses, and Harangues. Thefollowing is an example of what the book callshumorous : — AWKWARDNESS IN COMPANY. 1. WHEN an awkward fellow first comes into a room,he attempts to bow, and his sword, if he wears one, getsbetween his legs, and nearly throws him down, Confusedand ashamed, he stumbles to the upper end of the room,and seats himself in the very place where he should there begins playing with his hat, which he presentlydrops; and recovering his hat, he lets fall his cane; and,in picking up his cane, down goes his hat again. Thustis a considerable time before he is adjusted. 2. When his tea or coffee is handed to him, he spreadshis handkerchief upon his knees, scalds his mouth, dropseither the c
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