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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... the lot. His kind-hearted hostess, fearing that in the absorption of the moment, Mr. Greeley had eaten so many crullers as to make himself sick, and having been told, that cheese, in moderation, was a capital digester, handed Mr. Greeley a small plate of cheese, hoping he would take a bite or two, and thus ...
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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. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... the lot. His kind-hearted hostess, fearing that in the absorption of the moment, Mr. Greeley had eaten so many crullers as to make himself sick, and having been told, that cheese, in moderation, was a capital digester, handed Mr. Greeley a small plate of cheese, hoping he would take a bite or two, and thus indirectly and unconsciously counteract the effect of the crullers. But Greeley, A PULVERIZING COMPARISON. 419 in his excitement, treated the cheese precisely as he had treated the crullers, and finally all the cheese disappeared, to the astonishment and alarm of his sympathetic hostess. A few minutes later, the discussion having ended, she was astounded to hear Mr. Greeley, evidently unconscious of what he had devoured, deliver an eloquent harangue on the virtues of graham or brown bread, and denounce with vigor the pernicious fondness of Americans for cheese. Mr. Greeley was noted, among other peculiarities, for writing a most illegible hand. Mark Twain and other humorists have entertained the public with some funny stories upon this subject. But Greeley himself never relished them, and indeed was irritable when twitted on his peculiar chirography, and would insist that anybody could read his writing. He was not quite so good-natured on that subject as was Rufus Choate, the celebrated lawyer and orator, (uncle of our present Ambassador to England, ) who was also noted for his illegible handwriting. In Court one day, while addressing a jury, he had recourse to one of his owa letters which had been introduced in evidence, and started to read it; but after the first sentence he stopped short, frowning, and evidently struggling to make out the words, when the opposing lawyer quizzically said: " Are you not able, Mr. Choate, to read your own...
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