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 60
without a resting-place. A rest-ing-place is indeed found, but it is onlygiven when life ceases. While we live weare journeying; there is no fixed habitationfor man on the earth: he is an emigrant toanother country, and not a settler here.Young and old are fellow-pilgrims, and thereis no knowing… … 48 WIT BOUGHT. CHAPTER V. AN ACCIDENT—RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS A NEW COMPANION. I LEFT school at the age of sixteen, havinglearned but little good while there. Thefalse indulgence of my uncle, and the servilepartiality of the school-master, had botha very bad effect upon my mind. I wasselfish and…
Children's stories, American
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