Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 187
me to thosethat were paved with gold ; for Dick had seen a guineathree times in his own little village and rememberedwhat a deal of money it brought in change, so he thoughthe had nothing to do but to take up some little bits ofthe pavement and have as much money as he wished. Poor Dick ran till he… … Little Dick was all night in the streets, and nextmorning, being very hungry, he got up and walkedabout and asked everybody he met to give him a half-penny to keep him from starving, but nobody stayed toanswer him, and only two or three gave him a halfpenny;so that the poor boy was soon quite weak…
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