Tales and Novels, vol 1

Tales and Novels, vol 1
Moral Tales

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Tales and Novels, vol 1  by Maria Edgeworth

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Moral Tales

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Forester -- The Prussian Vase -- The Good Aunt -- Angelina; or, L'amie Inconnue -- The Good French Governess -- Mademoiselle Panache -- The Knapsack

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window, seen this cobbler at work early every morning; he admired his industry, and longed to be acquainted with him. The good-humoured familiarity of Forester's manner pleased the cobbler, who was likewise diverted by the eagerness of the young gentleman to mend his own shoe. After spending some hours at the cobbler's stall, the shoe was actually mended, and Forester thought that his morning's work was worthy of admiration. In a court (or, as such places are called in Edinburgh, a close) near the cobbler's, he saw some boys playing at ball: he joined them; and, whilst they were playing, a dancing-master with his hair powdered, and who seemed afraid of spattering his clean stockings, passed through the court, and interrupted the ball players for a few seconds. The boys, as soon as the man was out of hearing, declared that he passed through their court regularly twice a day, and that he always kicked their marbles out of the ring. Without staying to weigh this evidence scrupulously, Forester

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