Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 62
ured to swearoccasionally; and, if the truth must be told,I followed out, in various ways, the badlessons that I learnt That I have ^scaped nun is attributable LEAVING SCHOOL. 49 to the kindness of Providence, and not tcany resistance of evil which originated inmy own breast. If Heaven had… … dllage, and ask him to hasten to Mrs. ballySt. John, who has been noticed before inthese memoirs, insinuating that she wasdesperately ill. Our next adventure was tocatch the parsons horse in the pasture, andtie him to the whipping-post. We then pro-ceeded tc a garden of water-melons, se- 60 WIT…
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