id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt lever-fossbrooke-1856 lever lever-fossbrooke-1856 1856 .txt text/plain 219696 10776 81 I added, that old men are not good subjects for shocks; and I will say, sirs, that he looked at me as I spoke with a compassionate pity which won all my gratitude! You are too abrupt, Beattie; you snap the cords of thought by such rough handling, and we old men lose our dexterous knack of catching the loose ends, as we once did. cache/lever-fossbrooke-1856.txt txt/lever-fossbrooke-1856.txt