 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Pagina 3101833Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Hone - 1827 - 858 pagina’s
...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 - 1830 - 868 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1830 - 456 pagina’s
...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;... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1836 - 906 pagina’s
...known) examples of the highest order of pathetic eloquence which Modern Literature has produced. " The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The lillle careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1840 - 616 pagina’s
...known) examples of the highest order of pathetic eloquence which Modern Literature has produced. " The innocent prattle of his children takes out the...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 - 1842 - 294 pagina’s
...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 - 1842 - 318 pagina’s
...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 - 1844 - 300 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 feature« of that condition, that there is no childishness in itt dwellings. 'Poor people,' said a... | |
 | 1846 - 570 pagina’s
...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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