Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 228
ords of such a character hadhappily quite faded from his memory by the time whenI first made his acquaintance. By that time, indeed,he had got so far as to occasionally become pious, sopious that he had to be removed from the room at thetime of family prayers, as he was prone to exclaim Letus pray… … 200 The Animal Story Book resorted to a mean revenge, which proved so successfulthat he must often have chuckled over it himself. Onenight, in the middle of the evening devotions, the soundof the street door latch being unfastened, caused thehasty exit, amid general alarm, of the family. No onewas…
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