The Gift story book, or, Short tales written for children (1850)
Dame Truelove · Boston : Phillips, Sampson · leaf 104
id Edmond, that 92 EDMOND. I have been once more mistaken; andthat, instead of thinking Davis an objectof pity, I should look upon him as afortunate man. If he had remained inthe valley, his whole property would havebeen destroyed, and he would have beena beggar : now he has but to be… … THE INUNDATION. (93) THE INUNDATION. You are as obstinate as a mule, saidCharles Stevenson to his brother James, and full of contradiction into the bargain :if I propose a thing, you always foreseeten thousand difficulties in the way, andinsist- on proving to me that I am wrong,and you are never…
Children's stories, American
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
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