Early Friendships: A Tale (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mrs. Copley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330745191 ISBN 13: 9781330745199

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Early Friendships: A Tale

Mrs. Gilbert kindly took her by the hand, and, conducting her to the school-room, introduced her to her young companions. Poor Helen's tears now flowed faster than ever. She felt that, to be lonely in a crowd, was incomparably worse than being lonely in solitude; and she wished that she might have been permitted to retire to her cham ber, or even to have remained in the dark passage, rather than be compelled to encounter so many inquiring glances. The entrance of a stranger suspended the bustle of the play-room. Some of the least reserved of the girls crowded round the new comer, and wished her to join their party. A momentary contention ensued, as to the right of companionship, whether vested in the senior pupil in the establishment, or her who gave the first invitation, or her whose chamber Helen was to share. Leaving the disputants to settle the matter among themselves, Helen suffered herself to be led away to the group of the successful claimant; and the sports, which her entrance had interrupted, were quickly resumed.

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Excerpt from Early Friendships: A Tale "Be cautious, my dear child, in your selection of an intimate friend." Such was among the counsels given by an excellent mother, when about, for the first time, to part with a beloved daughter. "Dear mamma," replied Helen, "I shall never have any other friend than you: I want no other." "I doubt not, my dear, that such is your present feeling. Between a mother and child, who have lived together as we have done, there subsists not only a strength and tenderness of natural affection, but also an entireness of confidence, and freedom of communication, that can scarcely meet in any other relation. But you are now going into a circle of companions of your own age; and, in the course of a very few weeks, I have no doubt you will find yourself susceptible of those feelings of preference which, ripening into intimacy, will assume the character of friendship." "Oh, mamma! I hope you do not think I shall ever love anybody better than you?" 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330745191
• ISBN 13: 9781330745199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201