[Ernest Linwood by Caroline Lee Hentz]@TWC D-Link bookErnest Linwood CHAPTER XXVIII 20/36
I never knew before what the pleasures of memory truly were." "I recollect a copy you once set me, Mr.Regulus,--'Sweet is the memory of absent friends,'-- I thought it such a charming one!" "Do you remember that ?" he asked, with a delighted countenance. "Yes! I remember all the copies you ever set me.
Teachers should be very careful what sentiments they write, for they are never forgotten.
Don't you recollect how all the pupils once laughed at a mistake in punctuation of mine? The copy was, 'Hate not, but pity the wicked, as well as the poor.' As the line was not quite filled, you added _Gabriella_, after making a full period.
I forgot the stop and wrote, 'Hate not, but pity the wicked, as well as the poor Gabriella.' The ridicule of the scholars taught me the importance of punctuation.
Our mistakes are our best lessons, after all." "And do you remember these trifles ?" he repeated.
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