Excerpt from The Homely Child: Or, Handsome Is That Handsome Does The incidents of the following story were communicated orally to the writer, several years ago, by an old gentleman. I have arranged them in a little book for young persons. If they are the means of arousing indolent minds, or of encouraging timid ones, the object of writing it will be fully met. Most young persons (and some quite old ones) have a Wish to be thought good-looking. If they are conscious of not being able by any means to merit the title of ...
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Excerpt from The Homely Child: Or, Handsome Is That Handsome Does The incidents of the following story were communicated orally to the writer, several years ago, by an old gentleman. I have arranged them in a little book for young persons. If they are the means of arousing indolent minds, or of encouraging timid ones, the object of writing it will be fully met. Most young persons (and some quite old ones) have a Wish to be thought good-looking. If they are conscious of not being able by any means to merit the title of beautiful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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