Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 44
, though I did not immediately understand its •> full effect upon my character, I had beenmade in some degree aware oi that weaknesswhich springs from being always dependentupon others ; and a wholesome lesson hadbeen taught me, in finding my life saved byan old woman, whom a few hours before… … I HAPTER IV.u) UNCLES INFLUENCE—FORTY YEAJ*& AGO THE TAVERN -THE HOLIDAY. WHEN I was fifteen years of age I hadmade little progress in education. I couldindeed read and write, and I knew some-thing of arithmetic, but my advance beyondthis was inconsiderable. I will tell you thereason of this.…
Children's stories, American
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