Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 13
bout sixmonths, it was con-cluded to send me toschool. I was nowseven years of age,but, strange as it mayseem to boys and girlsof the present day, Idid not know mv let- •/ ters, and, what is less remarkable, I had agreat dislike to going to school. The schoolhouse was situated in a largespace,… … THE SCHOOLHOUSK. 5 stunted bushes amid these heaps of stones,On the louver side of the hill, there was a fineold oak growing out of a heap of splinteredrocks, at the foot of which there bubbledforth a small stream of pure water. This
Children's stories, American
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