Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 211
after a weary days travel, hekicks off his boots, thrusts his feetinto slippers, and stretches himselfbefore an inn fire. Let the world withoutgo as it may; let kingdoms rise or fall, solong as he has the wherewithal to pay hisbill, he is, for the time being, the very monarch of allhe surveys. The… … Stratford-on-Avon 177 life; it is a sunny moment gleaming out kindly on acloudy day; and he who has advanced some way on thepilgrimage of existence, knows the importance of hus-banding even morsels and moments of enjoyment. Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?, thoughtI, as I gave the fire a…
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