"Women who are (beyond all doubt) the mothers of all mischief, also nurse that babe to sleep, when he is too noisy."

"In the hour of death, after this life’s whim, When the heart beats low, and the eyes grow dim, And pain has exhausted…"

"But whatever lives or dies, business must be attended to; and the principal business of good Christians is, beyond al…"

"But now, at Dulverton, we dined upon the rarest and choicest victuals that ever I did taste. Even now, at my time of …"

"It is the manner of all good boys to be careless of apparel, and take no pride in adornment."

"“Hould thee tongue, lad,' he said sharply; 'us be naigh the Doone-track now, two maile from Dunkery Beacon hill, the …"

"Soon we found Peggy and Smiler in company, well embarked on the homeward road, and victualling where the grass was go…"

"Least said soonest mended, because less chance of breaking."

"On the right-hand side was a mighty oven, where Betty threatened to bake us; and on the left, long sides of bacon, ma…"

"“Now let us bandy words no more,” said mother, very sweetly; “nothing is easier than sharp words, except to wish them…"