The Champion Pig Of England

Author : England
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230051949
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Champion Pig of England written by England and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...was as pleasant as having his ear tickled. The Doctor too, though he had been dosed to excess with applause in his professional career, did not disrelish the polite speech of Hammekins. He. had been literally smothered with public flattery. But, as Giles said of Jenny's short-cake (a bilious preparation)--" The more I eats, the more I wants;" or as an obscure writer of plays, one W. S., said, before Giles--" increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on." Flattery, though unwholesome, is not indigestible, and most people can swallow a great deal before they are cloyed. However, Hammekins was not a humbug. He had said nothing to, or of, either party which he did not thoroughly believe, and therefore what he did say was a compliment, and not adulation. By way of bringing out the visitor, Hammekins softly observed, "The Doctor has retired from his professional career; how long ago is it, sir?" "About three months since," replied Toby, "my associate died, and 1 quitted public life abruptly. By a codicil in his will he bequeathed his interest in me to the Squire of Brown Court, leaving also a handsome legacy for the use of your humble servant. In this really well meaning gentleman's grounds I at present live, and I am gratified to say, the whole family treats me with great delicacy. In this peaceful retreat I have devoted my attention to the study of a very neglected subject, I mean of a class of animals which, whatever their deficiencies, are indispensable to Our well-being." The Doctor was beginning to prose, so Hammekins interposed: "Could you not tell us, sir, a few facts about these humans? My own acquaintance with them is very limited, but they seem, by instinct, if they have any, ...