The Scratchsides family. : a book for young people. (1868)
Carlin, John,1813-1891 · New York : Published by William L. Stone & John T. Barron · leaf 17
was thunderstruck, and waslong silent, while he gazed with a contracted brow at theculprit. At last, forgetting his gout and all the preceptshe had just read in the book, he started up, with a facedistorted into a thousand wrinkles by wrath, andshrieked, Pardon you ? No ! Never ! I… … THE SCRATCHSIDES FAMILY. 11 man, enjoying the general salutation of Esquire, kickedhis own offspring down the front marble steps as if hewere a strange dog that had the impudence to come intohis presence ; and he slammed the door with a soundthat filled Augustus heart with dismay. Thus, thefathers…
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