This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1777 edition. Excerpt: ...horse to run over her, as Ihe laid fainting along the road. But had you, said I to the stranger, so little curiosity as not to inform yourself of her history i I had so little cruelty, so little impertinence, answered he; 1 offered as much as my circumstances allowed; I gave her the modicum I cctuld spare, and that was too little a recompence for what she gave We in return. What did she give you? A tear, said the man: lookee--'tis still upon the back of my hand, verging to the very finger that brought my tribute-money from the purse; and then there it shall remain: the heart from) whence it rose, consecrated it, ere iC sell: I will not wipe it away-, it will teach mesensibili;y. How earnest thou my friend, said I, by these peculiar sentiments? By whom wert thou taught them i By nature, replied the man. Whose system hast thou studied? The system of nature, said he. He had now got his foot again within; the stirrup, and thanking me for the trouble I had taken, was preparing to go forward. As it was a fine evening, . I requested him to go slowly, that I might enjoy the company of si singular a character. With the most easy and natural' complacence imaginable, he dismounted, joined by my side, and led the G 3 horse horse in his hand. Within a few paces we saw a boy with a hat in his hand, and in it a bird's nest, which he had just taken, filled with young: just as we passed him, he took one of the callow creatures from the hat, tossed it into the air, and then let it crush itself against the ground. My companion threw the bridle into my hand, and ran to the boy without speaking; whom, after having held for a considerable while suspended by the leg, he thralhed handsomely with his whip, threw him upon the grass, and left him. Wherefore did you...