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" I have lived,' said the old man, ' a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worse off than if I had been rich. I have avoided, perhaps, many faults and many uneasinesses, which I should have incurred had I been in another situation... "
The Childrens' Companion: Or, Entertaining Instructor for the Youth of Both ... - Page 106
1792 - 346 pages
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The Children's Miscellany: In which is Included The History of Little Jack ...

Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...bed-fide, and prefling his hand affeftionately, told him that he was juft going to die. Little Jack burfl into a flood of tears at this information, but his...able to give him. " I have lived, faid the old man, a gresjt many years, in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worfe off than if I had been rich....
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The History of Little Jack

Thomas Day - 1822 - 80 pages
...compose himself, and attend to the last advice he should be able to give him. « I have lived , » said the old man , « a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I havebeenworse off than if I had been rich , I have avoided ^ perhaps , many faults , and many uneasinesses...
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The history of little Jack [by T. Day] in French and English, adapted for ...

Thomas Day - 1828 - 292 pages
...compose hhnself, and attend to the last advice he should be able'to give him. 33. " I have lived," said the old man, " a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worse off than if I had been rich ; I have avoided, perhaps, many faults, and many uneasinesses, which...
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Chambers's narrative series of standard reading books, Book 4

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 216 pages
...compose himself, and attend to the last advice he should be able to give him. ' I have lived,' said the old man, ' a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worse off than if I had been rich ; and though I have often wanted a meal, and always fared hard, I...
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A Storehouse of Stories, Containing: The History of Philip Quarll, Goody ...

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Children's stories - 1870 - 518 pages
...compose himself, and attend to the last advice he should be able to give him. ' I have lived,' said the old man, ' a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worse off than if I had been rich. I have avoided, perhaps, many faults and many uneasinesses, which...
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The Young Folks' Library: The child's own book

1901 - 578 pages
...compose himself, and attend to the last advice he should be able to give him. ' I have lived,' said the old man, ' a great many years in poverty, but I do not know that I have been worse off than if I had been rich. I have avoided, perhaps, many faults and many uneasinesses, which...
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