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Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 136

An illustration from Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young, 1887, leaf 136 — r. 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 with the gray old dameof the rock, and living there the rest of my OLD SARAH S CAVE. 123 life. With these strange notions running inmy head, I approached… … 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 ? ff Nay, nay, said I; fl you must not speak 124 WIT BOUGHT. in this…

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