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قراءة كتاب The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning
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The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning
THE
BOBBIN BOY;
OR,
HOW NAT GOT HIS LEARNING.
AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUTH.
BY
WILLIAM M. THAYER,
AUTHOR OF "THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE," "THE POOR GIRL
AND TRUE WOMAN," "FROM POOR-HOUSE TO PULPIT,"
"TALES FROM THE BIBLE," ETC., ETC.
BOSTON:
J. E. TILTON AND COMPANY.
1862.
Entered according to Act of Congress; in the year 1860, by
J. E. TILTON AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.
University Press, Cambridge:
Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Company.
PREFACE.
The design of this volume is to show the young how "odd moments" and small opportunities may be used in the acquisition of knowledge. The hero of the tale—Nat—is a living character, whose actual boyhood and youth are here delineated—an unusual example of energy, industry, perseverance, application, and enthusiasm in prosecuting a life purpose.
The conclusion of the story will convince the reader, that the group of characters which surround Nat are not creations of the fancy, and that each is the bearer of one or more important lessons to the young. While some of them forcibly illustrate the consequences of idleness, disobedience, tippling, and kindred vices, in youth, others are bright examples of the manly virtues, that always command respect, and achieve success.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| A GOOD BEGINNING. | |
| The patch of squashes—counting chickens before they are | |
| hatched—ifs—ducks, and the bright side—explanation—hopeful | |
| Nat—Nathaniel Bowditch—Sir Humphrey Davy—Buxton—benefit | |
| of hopefulness—the squashes coming up—Frank Martin—"all | |
| play and no work"—Ben Drake—scene when Nat was four | |
| years old—"thinking on his own hook"—men of mark think | |
| for themselves—"niggers' work"—great men not ashamed of | |
| useful work—the harvest-day—Frank's surprise—Nat as a peddler—his | |
| sister—his drawings—Samuel Budgett, Dr. Kitto, | |
| and the rich merchant peddling—"creep before you can walk"—the | |
| errand-boy and his success—what his culture of squashes | |
| shows | 1-17 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| UPWARD AND ONWARD. | |
| Winter—in school—proposition to declaim—the dialogue, "Alexander | |
| the Great and a Robber"—Nat is the robber—his reason—sympathy | |
| for the poor and unfortunate—the dialogue learned | |
| and spoken—Nat's eloquence—some boys who declaim poorly | |
| at first make orators at last—Demosthenes—Daniel Webster—Nat | |
| declaiming before visitors—the petition for shorter lessons—Nat | |
| won't sign it—Sam Drake's predicament—the teacher hears | |
| of the movement—his remarks about dull scholars—Newton, | |
| Dr. Barrows, Adam Clarke, Chatterton, Napoleon, etc.—necessity | |
| of application | 17-27 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| SATURDAY AFTERNOON. | |
| The bright summer-time—sport at Frank's—the dog "Trip" | |
| playing hy-spy—the boys hiding—Trip finding them—the result | |
| of the first game—the second game—the court scene—talk | |
| about it with Sylvester Jones—Nat goes to court—the prisoners | |
| are two of his schoolmates—his sympathy for them—examination | |
| of witnesses—the remarks of the justice—Nat proposes to | |
| plead their case—the sensation and result—what was said of | |
| it—another instance of Nat's sympathy—what it | |
| foreshadowed—Howard—Wilberforce—Buxton | 28-37 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| THE WILD CHERRIES. | |
| The excursion—John's proposition—decision to go—the cherry-tree—is | |
| it wild?—a discussion—filling their caps—surprised | |
| by the owner—their escape—Nat's and Frank's caps left behind—the | |
| owner carries them to the house—Nat's resolve to go to his | |
| house—rapping at the door—his explanation and confession—the | |
| caps restored with a plenty of cherries—the end thereof | 38-47 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| ATHLETIC SPORTS. | |
| Bathing—a passion for it—a particular swim—Nat the best | |
| swimmer—swimming under water—a trial—a game of ball—Nat | |
| the best player—the result of the game—remarks of spectators—the | |
| fastest runner—a principle to be best—excelled in athletic | |
| sports through same elements of character that made him excel in | |
| school—the best shoe-black—Reynolds made every picture best—Buxton's | |
| sports in boyhood, and Sir Walter Scott's—Wellington's | |
| remark—Nat's remark twenty-five years after—Nat saving | |
| a boy from drowning—his picture of the scene—how he used | |
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