Ellen's Boy Reveals Hidden Pasts In London City
Captain Penryn returns to England after nine years at war and searches for Ellen's child. He forgives a starving street waif, then discovers the boy is his own son living in a terrible cellar with Ann Golden. The reunion is bittersweet as the sailor embraces his flesh and vows to care for him.
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London
India
England
Penryn
Bell
Ann Golden
Ann
Ellen
Bey
Nellie
Laddie
Fossil Lane
No. 9
Perlice
Ned
Kenceribes
Capt. Penryn
Brief Meditations on Youth and Duty
The passage argues that youth vices become adult vices and old age disgrace. It suggests egotism makes the world appear ugly, as people only see themselves. It frames life as a duty and urges preserving it, warning that neglecting life is a sin.
Frenpsmir Admonishes Ingratitude In Old Timely Saying
A rustic proverb describes Frenpsmir as medicine for all misfortunes and warns against making vows that prove weak. It notes ingratitude dries the fountain of gess and urges humility over rash pledges.
Quotations on Judgment and Mind from Epictetus and Others
A collection of aphoristic lines discussing judgment rashness, opinion formation, personal affronts, and the nature of the mind. Includes Epictetus on true testing of gold, De Sales on judging others, Solon on laws and offenses, and a reflection on mind and sea water.
Proverb of Honor and Justice in Pursuit of Prosperity
A reflective maxim on how honor and justice drive prosperity for those who apply them. It asserts that virtue guides success and offers the noblest solace in failure, appealing to moral action as a path to enduring reward.
Saving old paper and jasmine tale in one note
The passage extols preserving old paper for cleaning and household uses from polishing metal to lining under carpets. It then recounts how Jasmine entered Tuscan legend when a gardener’s bouquet helped a poor girl wed, and Tuscan brides still wear jasmine on weddings as a sign of good fortune.
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Tuscany
Europe
Power and Artist Life in Italy Reported by Jarves
The piece contrasts American artists abroad and home, noting many seek Italy for cheaper living and richer material access. It argues Power clings to sacrifices abroad while longing for America, illustrating how self made obstacles often block return. Jarves coins the view that inner lions are self bred.
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Italy
America
Power
Jarves
A Lucrative Occupation at Worship Street Court
A thirteen year old girl faced magistrates in Worship Street for stealing children's clothing and pawning it in London shops. The court heard she had targeted peers for months, with pawnbrokers often accepting stolen goods. One broker detained her, leading to custody. A remand was ordered to investigate pawn broker complicity.
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London
Worship Street
Pall Mall Gazette
Washingtons dig nity tested by Byrnes land bargain
Anecdote recalls George Washington confronting landowner James Byrnes over city site releases. Byrnes stood firm against the general and retorted with a sharp question about Washingtons future value if he had not married widow Curtis. The exchange highlights both sides wit and resolve in early Philadelphia land negotiations.
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Washington
James Byrnes
Byrnes
Potomac
George Washington
Curtis
Quiet sort of a corpse remark at funeral
A Portland Argus snippet recalls a woman who attended a funeral for a brutal neighbor forty years after his crimes. She reflected with Christian restraint that he “makes a real quiet sort of a corpse” as the coffin was lowered.
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Portland Argus
Highlander Cites Cold From Wet Feet Joke
A tall, thin Highlander claims a cold started in wet feet. She surveys him and retorts that he must have wet his feet sometime last year, delivering a sharp humorous rebuke.
Read ing brings lasting pleasure and cheap delight
A succinct quote praises reading as a form of affordable, enduring joy that outmatches other amusements and enriches the mind over time.
Thoughtful plea on charity and equality in hardships
A reflective plea urges readers to recognize their neighbor's poverty despite wealth and comfort. It argues all humans are equal in God's eyes and calls for charity toward the poor, reminding that acts of kindness are mercifully rewarded in the afterlife.
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J. N. Rad Ter
Boston
Devout Men Often Look Melancholy Bishop Notes
David TrumpE observed that devout persons he met were melancholy. Bishop Hore suggested the mood may reflect limited exposure to such people and the weariness of time would cast a devout man into gloom.
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David Trumpe
Hore
Tim
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Piles
Phoenix Building
Wape Street
C. A. Greene
Flint & Cos
Flint & CO
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Emporium
Cor. Broads& Eddy Sts
New Argand
Yours Truly
THE
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Catarre
Sanford
Messrs. Weeks & Potter
Yourne H. Ford
Bartos, Mron
Bawryorp
Oun
Ford Granp
Sanford’s
Catabak
Banford
United States
Collins
Canadas
Weeks & Potter
Mass
Bristol Institution For Savings
Samuel W. Lindsey
Yamaa Tawloon
Samuel W. Church
William R. Taylor
William P. Monro
David Waldron
Nehemiah Cole
Martin Bennett
Wm. T.C. Ward Otis Munro
VU Cull
Wiliam R. Taylor
Messadore T. Bennett
Messadore T. Bennett, LeBaron B. Colt
Her. W. Church
Charles J. Rogers
James T. Freeborn
Taha Oallinn
AU Bey Fey
Puouues
Des
Martin
Bennett
Temple OF Fashion
Hope Street
C.spooner
Union House
Thames Street
Bristol
R. I
Eng
J. Tanner
Odd Fellows Beneficial Association
Rhode Island
Eee
Edward A. Briggs
Lodge
Stephen Meg
Providence
Auardian
Bereey
Rebecca Ae Bora
Renee
Alla
Ravi Aman
Slade
Dellow Guardian
Court of Probate
Town of
Allen Munroe
Samuel S. Munroe
Court of State
Ruth Munroe
Samuel
Munroe
Christ
Poe
Gayly
Shakspeare
Epictetus
SoLon
Lord Lansdowne
Inc
Lexington
Ihnaying
Ranahyla
Lezington (Ky
Albert Crooker
Springvale
R. Stevens
Stevens
A. Crooker & Co., Druggista and Apothecarics
James Morse
Athens Street
South Salem
H. BR. Stevens
Boston, Mass
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