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t 4 , fcbe > &ait adtffUitags iftrjfmtiing go ^ iiroptesstfGW * and good exi 5 ^ Natu re i » mature , $ aa ^ am / s aid Barney , impatiently and dog-, matically . * Tfcuere are some children that mil fcajm nothing ;
M « 3 ter r rank is one ot them , lam sure it is quite shocking to think tl * at gentlefolk * should have such a child ; I'll answer for it he will be more fit for a ploughman than a member of parliament . ' f Why have ypu formed such a judgment ? it is surely very
premature . ' . Why , ma ' am , it ' s my belief that he'll never learn to read * I have tried all manner of ways with him . There ' * bis brother , a year younger than he , reads as well as I do , and great credit I got for it i but I had not one-half the trouble that 1 have had with
Master Frank . Ma ' , I have coaxed , and promised , and threat ^ tiled , and punished , and shamed him , but all to b © purpose . I h * ve set bis brothers to laugh at him for a dunce , but it hag been a * use 1 I do believe that that child has neither feeling nor sense . ' : Never had words fallen so painfully a $ these on the ear pf
Flo-TOiice 'I think , Mrs . Barnes , ' she said , * you are under & mistake regarding little Frank . Do you not often see that plant * and vege * tables vary in growth ? the same soil , the same treatment does not do for all . May it not be so with the mind V . < I do not know , I ' m sure , ma ' am , about nil that What I was
talking about was Master Frank ; I take upon me to say , that I ( mghtysxul I do know something about him , for I have been with him since he was born . ' ? I assure you / said Florence , ' some of our brightest men have been dull boys . If we wish things to thrive , we must treat them
Mcordin {* to their nature . Do you wish a flower to grow , you place it in the sunshine , and refresh it occasionally with water . But suppose some person with ignorant impatience were to place it before a scorching fire , and pour hot water upon it ? Destruction to the flower would be the consequence , but not through any fault of the flower . *
Miss Paget ' s attempt was made in vain ; Barnes , the ' excellent creature / the * superior woman , ' was too sullen and suspicious , too stupid and ignorant , to meet or comprehend Misa Paget ' s feelings and views . Barnes , under pretence of some suddenly-recollected task , bustled away , and Florence returned to her own room ; but painfully oppressed by the reflections that pursued her , she put on her bonnet , and went forth for the relief of air . Very unexpectedl y * she overtook the little \ ernons . They were walking with their under * nurse , and a maidnservant , She slackened her
nee to take note of thein , The first \ v * a a neatly-drawed , pretty - looking ! quiek girl ; but th ^ re w * e ntit a * park o 4 soul atbwt her . fiheMialkjea ^ on ^ lc ^ kiog . aeithf * to the right jiou tor the left , and her mind wa # undoubtedly as blank aa her aspect was dull .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/18/
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