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When Edward Temple was about eight or nine years old he was afflicted with a disorder of the eyes. It was so severe, and his sight was naturally so delicate, that the surgeon felt some apprehensions …
When evening came, Mr. Temple found Edward considerably revived in spirits and disposed to be resigned to his misfortune. Indeed, the figure of the boy, as it was dimly seen by the firelight, reclini…
The next day Edward began to get accustomed to his new condition of life. Once, indeed, when his parents were out of the way and only Emily was left to take care of him, he could not resist the tempt…
In the course of the next day the harmony of our little family was disturbed by something like a quarrel between George and Edward. The former, though he loved his brother dearly, had found it quite…
In a few moments Mr. Temple resumed the story, as follows:— SAMUEL JOHNSON. [CONTINUED] Well, my children, fifty years had passed away since young Sam Johnson had shown himself so hard-hearted t…
About this period Mr. Temple found it necessary to take a journey, which interrupted the series of Biographical Stories for several evenings. In the interval, Edward practised various methods of empl…
It was a pleasant sight, for those who had eyes, to see how patiently the blinded little boy now submitted to what he had at first deemed an intolerable calamity. The beneficent Creator has not allow…
As the children had no more questions to ask, Mr. Temple proceeded to relate what consequences ensued from the building of Bell Franklin’s wharf. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. [CONTINUED] In the morning, w…
Hitherto Mr. Temple’s narratives had all been about boys and men. But, the next evening, he bethought himself that the quiet little Emily would perhaps be glad to hear the story of a child of her own…
