Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 394
had kissed theirHands, and ob-tayned theirBlessings, thetall Lad steptforthe, and whoshould he be butWilliam Roper, returned from my Fathers Errandover-seas ! He hath grown hugelie, and looks man-nish; but his Manners are worsened insteade ofbettered by forayn Travell; for, insteade of his… … 338 School and College Days then held back, making me looke so stupid, that I couldhave boxed his Ears for his Payns: speciallie as Fatherburst out a-laughing, and cried, The third Timeslucky! After Supper, we tooke deare Erasmus entirely overthe House, in a Kind of family Procession, een fromthe…
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