The Pleasures of Taste; And Other Stories - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... fortunes of Eliza. It is sufficient to say, that a time arrived, when she had some practical experience of the virtues of her motto, in a way little desired. Instead of saying, as formerly, / can do without if, she was compelled, very often, to say, I must do without; and that, not in reference to the luxuries of life, but to some of its most essential wants. How much better it is to say, I can do without it, of a superfluity, than to say, I must do without it, of a comfort! Let those, who would avoid all danger of the latter, early enter into the spirit of the former; and let them learn nicely to distinguish between those things which, without any real privation maybe done without, and those which cannot be neglected, but by the sacrifice of respectability, usefulness, and happiness. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. LETTER I. My Dear Mother, I Am afraid, sometimes, you will be quite tired with the relation of my school adventures; in which you cannot possibly be so much interested, as I am. But, when I remember the kindness with which you have always attended to my little affairs, in the midst of your own important ones, I feel assured that you will receive my rambling epistles with the same indulgence. Since I wrote last, we have had an addition to our number--a Miss Biggins. O, mamma! such a curiosity! She is the only child of a very rich man, who, they say, has made his fortune suddenly. Although she is as old as I am, she has had no kind of education, before; so that it would be very wrong to laugh at her; especially as she is extremely good-natured and obliging, and very desirous to improve. But, really, it is difficult to help it, sometimes, there is something so droll in her look and manner. She is very short, fat, and rosy; and stutt...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 115076029X
- ISBN 13 9781150760297
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages68
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