The History Of Sandford And Merton Abridged From The Original PDF Download

Excerpt from The History of Sandford and Merton: Abridged From the Original, Embellished With Elegant Plates, for the Amusement and Instruction of Juvenile Minds At no great difiance from Mr Merton's feat, lived a plain and honefi farmer, who, like him, had an only fon, but a few months older than Mailer Mer ton. His name was Harry Sandford. This youth was firong, active, hardy, and frefh-coloured, being accnfiomed to run about in the fields, and engage in thofe rural employments his age would 'admit of. His obliging manners and affable temper made him beloved by every one, and fo tender were his feel, ings, that he would never rob the innocent birds of their eggs, but has frequently given half his bread and butter to feed the poor robins in the winter. He would dellroy no animal whatever, faying, that God had made nothing in vain, and we had no right to put an end to the exifience of any creature he had been pleafed to make. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.