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Article THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE; ← Page 8 of 8 Article THE SAD EFFECTS OF A FAUX PAS. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Life And Adventures Of Peter Porcupine;
well for the vindication of my own charafter , as for the satisfa & ion of my friends , —yes , in spite of envy , malice , and filsehood , I-say , mv friends , who , I trust , will be pleased to find that there is nothing in the historv of Peter Porcupine to raise a blush for the commendations they have bestowed on his works , or to render them unworthy of their future support .
The Sad Effects Of A Faux Pas.
THE SAD EFFECTS OF A FAUX PAS .
A FRENCH ANECDOTt :.
A DANCER of one of the principal theatres of Pans , enveloped in a . il iar „ roquelaure , was lounging in one of the walks of the Palais . Ro-al the interval of time before the commencement of that entertainment , which was to amuse a large crowd of gay speaators , wnen a woman , with a child at her breast , asked charity of him by a gesture far more expressive than words . 'The evening was not so dark but she both and handsome
that he could easily distinguish was young . He gave her a piece of money , which she received with that timid silence , which is , perhaps , at once the sincerest and sweetest expression of gratitude . ' Here is , ' says he to himself , ' a virtuous person in distress , ' and immediately felt himself interested concerning her for Dancers , although excommunicated , were not strangers to christian charity . He took a seat on the same bench whereon she rested herself , and put several questions to her with all the respect due to the unfortunate . She answered him modestly , and , after some .
refusals and hesitations , consented to tell him . tne following story : ' My father , ' said she , ' kept a well-frequented inn in a town on the road between Paris-and Lyons . .. I was his only daughter . My mother brought me up with a care which persons m hig her stations . of life suppose not within the limits of the education given to those of my condition . Not that I had masters provided me , there were lacebut inhabited chamberremote from those
none even in-the p , I a ofthe travellers and company , which I never waited . on , and ot course was out of the teach of any licentious discourse . ¦ < These precautions , however , did not prevent several among them . from attempting to seduce me . A travelling merchant , of the name ofDtflandss , who often put up at our house , and who was of an enmost of all thu I tell to
< rap-ino- address , was the dangerous ; my Wtxael He spread before my eyes sums of gold , which in no respect tempted me , but he -shewed me a , p iece of lace , another of a rich tatfetnf which dazzled me . He begged permission to bring them into , my chamber at the dusk of the evening . I afforded him facility to do so , by deceiving the credulity of a father and mother who adored me Good God ! What have been the consequences of this rasfc .
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The Life And Adventures Of Peter Porcupine;
well for the vindication of my own charafter , as for the satisfa & ion of my friends , —yes , in spite of envy , malice , and filsehood , I-say , mv friends , who , I trust , will be pleased to find that there is nothing in the historv of Peter Porcupine to raise a blush for the commendations they have bestowed on his works , or to render them unworthy of their future support .
The Sad Effects Of A Faux Pas.
THE SAD EFFECTS OF A FAUX PAS .
A FRENCH ANECDOTt :.
A DANCER of one of the principal theatres of Pans , enveloped in a . il iar „ roquelaure , was lounging in one of the walks of the Palais . Ro-al the interval of time before the commencement of that entertainment , which was to amuse a large crowd of gay speaators , wnen a woman , with a child at her breast , asked charity of him by a gesture far more expressive than words . 'The evening was not so dark but she both and handsome
that he could easily distinguish was young . He gave her a piece of money , which she received with that timid silence , which is , perhaps , at once the sincerest and sweetest expression of gratitude . ' Here is , ' says he to himself , ' a virtuous person in distress , ' and immediately felt himself interested concerning her for Dancers , although excommunicated , were not strangers to christian charity . He took a seat on the same bench whereon she rested herself , and put several questions to her with all the respect due to the unfortunate . She answered him modestly , and , after some .
refusals and hesitations , consented to tell him . tne following story : ' My father , ' said she , ' kept a well-frequented inn in a town on the road between Paris-and Lyons . .. I was his only daughter . My mother brought me up with a care which persons m hig her stations . of life suppose not within the limits of the education given to those of my condition . Not that I had masters provided me , there were lacebut inhabited chamberremote from those
none even in-the p , I a ofthe travellers and company , which I never waited . on , and ot course was out of the teach of any licentious discourse . ¦ < These precautions , however , did not prevent several among them . from attempting to seduce me . A travelling merchant , of the name ofDtflandss , who often put up at our house , and who was of an enmost of all thu I tell to
< rap-ino- address , was the dangerous ; my Wtxael He spread before my eyes sums of gold , which in no respect tempted me , but he -shewed me a , p iece of lace , another of a rich tatfetnf which dazzled me . He begged permission to bring them into , my chamber at the dusk of the evening . I afforded him facility to do so , by deceiving the credulity of a father and mother who adored me Good God ! What have been the consequences of this rasfc .