This excerpt is from a humorous book published in 1920. It chronicles a family's experiences with its first automobile,
which the speaker refers to as "Motor Tyrannicus."
Excerpt from Cape Coddities
by Dennis and Marion Chatham
In the dim days of a decade ago...!
remember yearning for the possession of an
automobile. It mattered not what make, or
shape or size or year. I was oblivious to the
merits of six cylinders as opposed to four. 1
laughed at the enthusiast who reckoned upon
the length of wheel-base as deciding his
comfort or the question of demountable rims
as governing his decision as to which make
to select. All i coveted was something on
Click one underlined phrase in the paragraph at
the top of page 3 that shows how the ownership
of a car changed the way the author regarded
himself.
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