The Glyptic, or Musee Phusee Glyptic baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...loving nature. The old lady resumed her seat, and burst in a flood of tears; she was a girl again. In those few minutes a silent tear stole from my eye, while my blood tingled with emotion at the good old soul's devotion to her sex. May heaven send us many such. They never met again! Has the young wife ever thought of my good, dead, old relation? I hope so. CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. OUR HOST ON HIMSELF, AND AS A POET. WAS telling our host of an incident in the life of a friend, who a score or more of years since was located as assistant to a man in Mayfair, in a little community known as Shepherd's Market; fresh from the country, with a strong desire to reach the land of promise, he rashly accepted an engagement, the first offered. The duty of opening shop commenced at seven in the morning and closed at nine in the evening, when ten minutes for toilet was allowed, supper of bread and cheese, a good night, to which the master and mistress scarcely ever responded beyond a grunt. On the first night, on reaching his bedroom, our friend so fresh from light and roomy rooms, and the comfort of a father's home was staggered at the sight of a small box about eight feet by about five, where he and his companion had to sleep; well, but stop, is this our bedroom, how are we to get to bed? His companion explained that his predecessor was in the habit of taking it in turns nightly which went to bed first, the undressing was performed outside, in this wretched plight they spent their time from week to week. Rebelling under this servitude of continuous toil, he made bold one day to make the moderate request of an hour to breathe the fresh air after supper; this was a thing not only never allowed, but not /to be thought of, but after much discussion it was arranged they should ha...