Schoolboy Days In Italy Classic Reprint

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396331114
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book My School-Boy Days and My Youthful Companions (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from My School-Boy Days and My Youthful Companions Still, with all this, Mr. Brown had a kind heart, and to me he was especially merciful. It has often been my boast, that I never tasted his cane or his rod. On one occa sion, however, I richly deserved it, and it was to his kindness alone that I owed my escape. It was a fine afternoon in spring, and, tempted by the beauties which nature uh folded around my path, I resolved to roam abroad at pleasure. I did so for some little time without compunction. I gazed at the lark, as she soared upwards to the skies, hymning her note of praise, with delight; and gaily chased the bee and the butterfly, as they flew from flower to flower in search of their honied sweets and pleasure. At length, however, my heart smote me that I was doing wrong; but what was I then to do? The hour for taking my seat at the desk honour ably, was gone by, and I could not recall it. It was a miserable thought, and, after re tracing my steps toward the school, I stopped, seated myself, on a stile, and wept. The place I chose for this act of voluntary penance was within sight of Mr. Brown, and, espying me from the window, he forthwith despatched a messenger to recall me to my duty. But, no I fancied that I already saw him flourishing his red, and could not venture within. His messenger, also, confirmed me in my fears and my obstinacy. Possessing those feelings of inhumanity, so common to boyhood, he assured me, exultingly, that master would surely give me the birch, and that all the boys would be pleased to see me wince. I could not doubt his veracity, so I only wept the more, and resolved that they should not have that pleasure; at least, on that day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.