Most Viewed
George Iii. On Punctuality
A Beggar's Wedding
A Child On Board
A Gamekeeper's Daughter
Navy Chaplains
The Deaf And Dumb Mother
A Christmas Pudding Extraordinary
Fools
A Choice
Charity Sermon
Least Viewed
Erskine
Sheridan
Sir Samuel Hood
Sterne
St. Louis
Louis Xii
Vendean Servant
Abernethy
Johnson And Millar
Reclaimed Felons
|
Kosciusko
Anecdotes Home
The hero of Poland once wished to send some bottles of good
wine to a clergyman at Solothurn; and as he hesitated to trust them by his
servant, lest he should smuggle a part, he gave the commission to a young
man of the name of Zeltner, and desired him to take the horse which he
himself usually rode. On his return, young Zeltner said that he never would
ride his horse again unless he gave him his purse at the same time.
Kosciusko enquiring what he meant, he answered, "As soon as a poor man on
the road takes off his hat and asks charity, the horse immediately stands
still, and will not stir till something is given to the petitioner; and as
I had no money about me, I was obliged to feign giving something, in order
to satisfy the horse."
Next: Mysterious Benefactor
Previous: The Price of Bread
Viewed 1131
|
Random Anecdotes
Clans
A Tedious Preacher
M. Neckar
Vendean Servant
Steele & Addison
The Princess Charlotte
A Faithful Depositary
Spare Moments
Expedient Of Conjugal Affection
Mysterious Benefactor
Knowledge
Chantrey's First Sculpture
Dunning
A Dieppe Pilot
Thomson And Quin
Sporting
Fenelon
An Odd Fault
Man--shut It Up--shut It Up! Go Home And Read My Book, P
A Polite Mayor
George The Second
Camp Dinner
Gallant Daughter
A Quarter Of An Hour
Hume
|
