Stories from old-fashioned children's books brought together and introduced to the reader (1900)
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900 · London : The Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd. · leaf 196
en down to the library, as Susansaid, to begin my schooling. I found my tutor therealone. He was sitting at a table, with several large booksbefore him. I supposed that SlI^^^BiinOli^^HP]these were allbooks out ofwhich I was suj>posed to learnto read ; and asI hated thethoughts of read-ing or… … ^n 12 THE rARp:NTs offering. all : he neither spoke nor looked at me, l;ut continuedturning over the leaves of his book with great attention. Iexpected every instant he would call me to him—but nosuch thing —he rested his head on his hand, and did notspeak a word. As he turned over the leaves I…
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