Bruno; or, Lessons of fidelity, patience, and self-denial taught by a dog (1854)
Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 · New York : Harper · leaf 114
is worth : -a full grown fox is not worthmore than that. Ralph had some money in small silver pieces and cents, amount-ing to about half a dollar. This treasure he kept in a tin money-box, shaped like a house, with a place to drop money in down thechimney. No, said Ralph, I would rather not sell… … 110 BRUNO AND THE ROBIN. Ralph, are you stoning Bruno! Brunos escape. very angry with him, because he would not consent. This wasextremely unreasonable. Has not a boy a right to do as hepleases about selling or keeping his own property ? Most certainly he has ; and yet nothing is more common…
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