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 62
ntured to swearoccasionally; and, if the truth must be told,I followed out, in various ways, the badlessons that I learnt. That I have escaped ruin is attributable LEAVING SCHOOL. 49 to the kindness of Providence, and not toany resistance of evil which originated inmy own breast. If Heaven had… … village, and ask him to hasten to Mrs. SallySt. 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 to a garden of water-melons, se- 50 WIT…
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