"Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more-a grateful heart." George Herbert. "Well, father, I don't believe the Browns are a bit better off than we are; and yet when I spent the day with young Brown, we cooked all sorts of messes in the afternoon; and he wasted twice as much rum and brandy and lemons in his trash, as I should want to make good punch of. He was quite surprised, too, when I told him that our mince-pies were kept shut up in the larder, and only brought out at meal-times, and then just one apiece ...
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"Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more-a grateful heart." George Herbert. "Well, father, I don't believe the Browns are a bit better off than we are; and yet when I spent the day with young Brown, we cooked all sorts of messes in the afternoon; and he wasted twice as much rum and brandy and lemons in his trash, as I should want to make good punch of. He was quite surprised, too, when I told him that our mince-pies were kept shut up in the larder, and only brought out at meal-times, and then just one apiece; he said they had mince-pies always going, and he got one whenever he liked. Old Brown never blows up about that sort of thing; he likes Adolphus to enjoy himself in the holidays, particularly at Christmas." The speaker was a boy-if I may be allowed to use the word in speaking of an individual whose jackets had for some time past been resigned to a younger member of his family, and who daily, in the privacy of his own apartment, examined his soft cheeks by the aid of his sisters' "back-hair glass." He was a handsome boy too; tall, and like David-"ruddy, and of a fair countenance;" and his face, though clouded then, bore the expression of general amiability. He was the eldest son in a large young family, and was being educated at one of the best public schools. He did not, it must be confessed, think either small beer or small beans of himself; and as to the beer and beans that his family thought of him, I think it was pale ale and kidney-beans at least.
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Good. "Melchior s Dream", an allegory, "The Blackbird's Nest", "Friedrick's Ballad", tale of the feast of St. Nicholas, "The Yew-Lane Ghost", "Father Hedgehog & his Neighbors", & five other tales, 356 pages. Eight full-page b/w Victorian illustrations. The blue cloth binding has shell & sun decorations, gilt on the spine. About 8 tall. In good condition, the book has this wear: Front board slightly pulled at title page. Decoration on binding probably dulled. Light wear at extremities. An Apparent First Edition ~
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Very Good. Authorized edition. Volume one only. 12mo. Quarter brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, marble papercovered boards. Owner's neat gift inscription on front fly, edges worn and chipped, spine soiled and cocked, an about very good copy.