Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 150
to her. Indeed, I felt so miserable, so lonelyfrom the loss of my uncle, so helpless fromthe loss of my property, that I thought oftaking up my abode w^th the gray old dameof the rock, and living there the rest of my OLD SARAHS CAVE. 123 life. With these strange notions running icmy head, I… … world say; but is it kind to spend what isnot ones own ? Is it kind to waste the pro-perty of the orphan, and leave ones sisterschild to beggary ? Is it kind to eat, drink,and be merry, when anothers tears must paythe reckoning ? Nay, nay, said I; you. must not speak 124 WIT BOUGHT. in this way. My…
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