The innocent prattle of his children takes out the sting of a man's poverty. But the children of the very poor do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful features in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor people, said... England and the English - Page 47by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1836 - 380 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hone - Calendars - 1827 - 858 pages
...fine thing to talk of the humble meal shared together. But what if there be no bread in the cupboard ? The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful featares in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor peoSle, said a sensible... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1830 - 868 pages
...fine thing to talk of the humble meal shared together. But what if there be no bread in the cupboard ? The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do Dot bring up theii children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery,... | |
| Unitarianism - 1830 - 456 pages
...snatches them from their sorrows, * " The children of the very poor," says the humane author of Elia, " do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful...dwellings. ' Poor people,' said a sensible old nurse to us, ' do not bring up their children — they drag them up.' The aliment of the poor babe was thin, unnourishing;... | |
| 1833 - 508 pages
...not read any thing of deeper pathos, and, at the hazard of crowding our pages, we give it entire. " The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...in that condition, that there is no childishness in itsdwellings. Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1840 - 616 pages
...with decorous comforts the hours of Rest, and to provide for all the sudden necessities of a toilsome life. A thriftless and slattern waste converts what...do not bring up their children; they drag them up. * I have held correspondence on this point with some inhabitant or other in most of our manufacturing... | |
| Charles Edwards Lester - England - 1842 - 294 pages
...early years of the poor, and were written by one who knew how to sympathize with the unfortunate : " The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...Poor people,' said a sensible old nurse to us once, ' don't bring up their children ; they drag them up.' The little careless darling of the wealthier... | |
| Stephen Collins - Essays - 1842 - 318 pages
...together! But what if there be no bread in the cupboard? The innocent prattle of 5, his children takes but the sting of a man's poverty. But the children of...childishness in its dwellings. Poor people, said a sensible pjd nurse to us once, do not bring up their children; they drag them up. The little careless darling... | |
| George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...wise For saying nothing. — Shakspeare. LESSON LXII. The Children of the very Poor* — ANONYMOUS. 1 THE innocent prattle of his children takes out the...of the very poor do not prattle ! It is none of the leas: frightful features in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor people,... | |
| 1856 - 686 pages
...adage, bat like too many of its family, It is not infallible. A late admired English author s'ijs, "The children of the very poor do not prattle. It Is none of the least frightful featureĢ of that condition, that there is no childishness in itt dwellings. 'Poor people,' said a... | |
| 1846 - 570 pages
...passed in the homes of the abject poor. " Alas," as one says, " the children of the very poor never prattle. It is none of the least frightful features...dwellings. ' Poor people,' said a sensible old nurse ' do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.' The little careless darling of the wealthier... | |
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