The History of Little JackDean & Son, Threadneedle St., 1822 - 11 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16 - Many such instances of conduct did Jack display; from which it was easy to perceive. that he had an excellent soul and generous temper. One failing, indeed, Jack was liable to ; though a very good-natured boy, he was a little too jealous of his honour. His daddy had taught him the use of his hands and legs, and Jack had such dispositions for the art of boxing, that he could beat every boy in the neighbourhood, of his age and size. Even if they were a head taller, it made no difference to Jack, provided...
Pàgina 68 - ... in order to prove that it is of very little consequence how a man comes into the world, provided he behaves well, and discharges his duty when he is in it.
Pàgina 19 - 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 ; and though I have often wanted a meal, and always fared hard, I have enjoyed as much health and life as usually falls to the lot of my betters. I am now going to die...
Pàgina 37 - Jack used to be sometimes in the room while the lessons were given, and listened, according to his custom, with so much attention to all that passed that he received very considerable advantage for his own improvement. He had now a little money, and he laid some of it out to purchase pens and paper and a slate, with which at night he used to imitate...
Pàgina 62 - ... gave the Tartars a very high idea of his ingenuity. Finding that the animal was in a high fever, he proposed to the khan to let him blood, which he had learned to do very dexterously in England. He obtained permission to do as he pleased, and having by great good luck a lancet with him, he let him blood very dexterously in the neck. After this operation he covered- him up, and gave him a warm potion made out of such ingredients as he could procure upon the spot, and left him quiet. In a few hours...
Pàgina 14 - The lady was not displeased with Jack's answer, and putting her hand in her pocket , gave him half a crown , to buy him shoes and stockings , and pursued her journey. Jack was not unacquainted with the use of money , as he had been often sent to the next village to purchase bread and necessaries...
Pàgina 39 - This young man had a supreme contempt for all the vulgar, which he did not attempt to conceal ; and when he had heard the story of Jack's birth and education, he could scarcely bear to be in the same room with him. Jack soon perceived the aversion which the stranger entertained for him, and at first endeavoured to remove it by every civility in his power; but when he found that he gained nothing by all his humility, his temper, naturally haughty, took fire, and, as far as he dared, he plainly showed...
Pàgina 43 - Jack, indeed, was submissive to his mistress, whom he was very sorry to have offended; but when he was ordered to make concessions to the young gentleman, as the only conditions upon which he could be kept in the family, he absolutely refused. He owned, indeed, that he was much to blame for resenting the provocations he had received, and endeavouring to make his mistress's company ridiculous; but as to what he had done in defence of his friend the monkey, there were no...
Pàgina 5 - ... that are kind and charitable, assist my feeble endeavours ? At least, let me give it food and lodging for this night; for without I receive it into my cottage, the poor abandoned wretch must perish with cold before the morning. Saying this, he took it up in his arms, and perceived it was a fine healthy boy, though covered with rags ; the little foundling too, seemed to be sensible of his kindness, and smiling in his face, stretched out his little arms, as if to embrace his benefactor.
Pàgina 17 - Only fighting with Dick the butcher.' ' You rogue,' said the old man, ' he is twice as big as you are, and the best fighter in all the country.' ' What does that signify? ' said Jack; ' he called you an old beggarman, and then I struck him; and I will strike him again whenever he calls you so, even if he should beat me to pieces; for you know, daddy, that you are not a beggarman, but a soldier.