Word: nathaniel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1880
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this godless sink of iniquity denominated Harvard College. Strange rumors have reached Smithfield that you have been seen entering Satan's antechamber, in vulgar parlance called the Globe Theatre; that you are an adept in gambling; that your room is adorned with the painted Jezebels of the stage. Nephew Nathaniel, the jaws of hell are opening wide to receive you; already its sulphurous breath has tainted you, and the arch-fiend is about to claim you for his own. Conduct me to your room, that I may see with my own eyes whether this report of the youth who promised...
...made me feel more like meeting my Uncle Luther. I entered the room quietly to see what the old cove was about. By thunder, he was still looking at the pictures! When he saw me, the picture dropped, and I fancied I saw a blush his cheek. "Nathaniel," - the storm was coming; but as I began to feel as if I did n't care whether school kept or not, I lit a cigarette (he abominates smoking) and sat on the table prepared to take it, - take it, - "Nathaniel," he repeated, "these Jez - women are very comely and shapely; they...
...NEPHEW NATHANIEL, - You have strayed far from the narrow path, but, my poor boy, you have been sorely tempted. I myself felt Satan's influence last evening, and it was only after wrestling with the arch-fiend in prayer during the midnight watches last night that I decided to leave by the early train this morning for Smithfield Centre. I pardon your sins, my poor boy, and hope that when your vacation begins you will come to us at Smithfield Centre, that the good influence of Priscilla and myself may counteract the workings of the Devil...