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... a crown to bestow upon me . " When the Constable de Mont- morenci died , the young prince , then only seventeen , did not immediately name another person to that high office , saying , " I will carry my own 14 PERCY ANECDOTES .
... a crown to bestow upon me . " When the Constable de Mont- morenci died , the young prince , then only seventeen , did not immediately name another person to that high office , saying , " I will carry my own 14 PERCY ANECDOTES .
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... person . SAGACITY OF A NEGRO BOY . Philip Thicknesse tells the following amusing story of a little negro boy in the West Indies . His master finding him a child of good parts , often conversed familiarly with him ; but whenever he ...
... person . SAGACITY OF A NEGRO BOY . Philip Thicknesse tells the following amusing story of a little negro boy in the West Indies . His master finding him a child of good parts , often conversed familiarly with him ; but whenever he ...
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... he was appointed to a considerable be nefice . Some persons at court murmuring at the advancement of so young an Abbe , Caussin , the Jesuit , was directed by the king to examine him YOUTH . 23 HOW TO ASK FOR A PENNY.· ...
... he was appointed to a considerable be nefice . Some persons at court murmuring at the advancement of so young an Abbe , Caussin , the Jesuit , was directed by the king to examine him YOUTH . 23 HOW TO ASK FOR A PENNY.· ...
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... persons , who had larger boats , the manly boy put off again in his little skiff ; but with all his efforts he was unable to reach the wreck a second time . His example however was soon followed by other boats of the Cove ; and by their ...
... persons , who had larger boats , the manly boy put off again in his little skiff ; but with all his efforts he was unable to reach the wreck a second time . His example however was soon followed by other boats of the Cove ; and by their ...
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... person from the age of three to thirteen years , a time of life when but few children can furnish any thing worth relating about themselves . 66 The first time he went to the town of Stirling to meet the king , observing on the road a ...
... person from the age of three to thirteen years , a time of life when but few children can furnish any thing worth relating about themselves . 66 The first time he went to the town of Stirling to meet the king , observing on the road a ...
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Page 148 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Page 105 - Weep with me, all you that read This little story : And know, for whom a tear you shed Death's self is sorry. 'Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feature, As heaven and nature seemed to strive Which owned the creature.
Page 26 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 64 - One day, as I was sitting alone on a bench in the school, melancholy, and almost ready to weep at the recollection of what I had already suffered, and expecting at the same time my tormentor every moment, these words of the Psalmist came into my mind,— ' I will not be afraid of what man can do unto me.
Page 154 - When he was about eleven, he one day wrote a separate theme for every boy in his class, which consisted of about twelve or fourteen. The master said he had never known them write so well upon any subject before, and could not refrain from expressing his astonishment at the excellence of Henry's.
Page 76 - The people at the mouth of the den, who had listened with painful anxiety, hearing the growling of the wolf, and supposing their friend to be in the...
Page 154 - In durance vile must pass the hours ; There con the scholiast's dreary lines, Where no bright ray of genius shines, And close to rugged learning cling, While laughs around the jocund spring. How gladly would my soul forego • All that arithmeticians know, Or stiff grammarians quaintly teach, Or all that industry can reach, To taste each morn of all the joys That with the laughing sun arise ; And unconstrained to rove along The bushy brakes and glens among ; And woo the muse's gentle power In unfrequented...
Page 110 - They were first inclined to set him up as a mark to shoot at; but the chief interfered, and seizing him by the shoulder asked him if he could run fast? Colter, who had been some time amongst the Kee-kat-sa, or Crow Indians, had in a considerable degree acquired the Blackfoot language, and was also well acquainted with Indian customs.
Page 111 - ... that the Indians were very much scattered, and that he had gained ground to a considerable distance from the main body; but one Indian, who carried a spear, was much before all the rest, and not more than a hundred yards from him.
Page 153 - That officer answered that considering the handsome way in which battle was offered by the enemy, their apparent determination for a fair trial of strength, and the situation of the land, he thought it would be a glorious result if fourteen were captured. He replied: "I shall not be satisfied with less than twenty.