Here & There & Everywhere; Reminiscences
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But a-many years ago the cadet was a creature to adore ; and the young Lieutenant and the Captain, what was he not? Let Memory try to answer.
West Point was for the last ten years of his life the Summer home of General Scott, the grand hero of the Mexican War. He wore always his old military coat on the Fourth of July, the one in which he rode into Mex- ico '*on top of a panic," as he used to say.
**Very shabby old coat, Madame, very shabby old coat," the gratified old man would exclaim, as he ...felt a lady's hand laid gently on his arm, as she asked to touch the sacred cloth. He wore the coat on many historic days, and was pleased to shoulder his cane and fight his battles o'er again. He was a good Shakes- pearean scholar, and liked to correct his young officers if they missed a word in their quotations. General Cul- lom, himself an apt scholar, used to delight in tripping 232 GENERAL SCOTT AND WEST POINT up the General, if that were possible, and succeeded once in the famous ** My kingdom for a horse," which proved to have been written by Garrick, so the commen- tators say.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But a-many years ago the cadet was a creature to adore ; and the young Lieutenant and the Captain, what was he not? Let Memory try to answer.
West Point was for the last ten years of his life the Summer home of General Scott, the grand hero of the Mexican War. He wore always his old military coat on the Fourth of July, the one in which he rode into Mex- ico '*on top of a panic," as he used to say.
**Very shabby old coat, Madame, very shabby old coat," the gratified old man would exclaim, as he ...felt a lady's hand laid gently on his arm, as she asked to touch the sacred cloth. He wore the coat on many historic days, and was pleased to shoulder his cane and fight his battles o'er again. He was a good Shakes- pearean scholar, and liked to correct his young officers if they missed a word in their quotations. General Cul- lom, himself an apt scholar, used to delight in tripping 232 GENERAL SCOTT AND WEST POINT up the General, if that were possible, and succeeded once in the famous ** My kingdom for a horse," which proved to have been written by Garrick, so the commen- tators say.
What to read after Here & There & Everywhere; Reminiscences?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Sherwood, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903 to read onlineMoreLess
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