The Aftermath; Or, Gleanings from a Busy Life

The Aftermath; Or, Gleanings from a Busy Life - Called upon the outer cover, for purposes of sale, Caliban's Guide to Letters

Few men have pursued more honourably, more usefully, or more successfully the career of letters than Thomas Caliban, D.D., of Winchelthorpe-on-Sea, near Portsmouth. Inheriting, as his name would imply, the grand old Huguenot strain, his father was a Merchant Taylor of the City of London, and principal manager of the Anglo-Chilian Bank; his mother the fifth daughter of K. Muller, Esq., of Brighton, a furniture dealer and reformer of note in the early forties. The connection established between my own family and that of Dr. Caliban I purposely pass over as not germane to the ensuing pages, remarking only that the friendship, guidance, and intimacy of such a man will ever count among my chiefest treasures. Of him it may truly be written: He maketh them to shine like Sharon; the waters are his in Ram-Shad, and Gilgath praiseth him. I could fill a volume of far greater contents than has this with the mere record of his every-day acts during the course of his long and active career. I must content myself, in this sketch, with a bare summary of his habitual deportment. He would rise[4] in the morning, and after a simple but orderly toilet would proceed to family prayers, terminating the same with a hymn, of which he would himself read each verse in turn, to be subsequently chanted by the assembled household. To this succeeded breakfast, which commonly consisted of ham, eggs, coffee, tea, toast, jam, and whatnotin a word, the appurtenances of a decent table. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67042
Author: Belloc, Hilaire
Release Date: Dec 29, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1903
Publisher Country: United States