Harper's story books. A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young. Embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings (1854) (14778057081)

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Title: Harper's story books. A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young. Embellished with numerous and beautiful engravings
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
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Publisher: New York, Harper
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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Of course, atfirst the poor animals are dreadfully frightened ; but, seeing landnear, they turn their heads that way, and soon reach the shore. V. THE BEGINNING AND THE END. When a young girl allows herself to forget the modesty andreserve which the instinctive feelings of her heart prompt her al-ways to maintain, and to be drawn by the influence of flattery, orother similar enticements, into familiar intercourse with gay and 24 THE BEGINNING AND THE END. The career of the thoughtless girl. Sinful pleasure. dissipated men, she commences a career which, though it beginswith pleasure, ends, almost always, in misery and despair. She is at first flattered and courted for her beauty. She ispleased with these attentions, and soon learns to neglect her du-ties, and gives herself up, like those who tempted her, to a lifeof idleness, pleasure, and sin. Her conscience condemns her, butshe disregards its voice. Her friends remonstrate with her, andwarn her of her danger, but she will not listen.
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THIS- IS THE BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING AND THE EXD. 25 The consequences of sin. Idleness, sooner or later, leads to want, and sin brings remorseand despair; and the poor girl, despised and rejected by thosewho led her astray, is left at last to die in the street of starvationand misery. Houseless, homeless, and friendless, she sinks faint-ing to the ground, and dies neglected and alone, while some greatpageant, perhaps, of chariots and horsemen, is advancing throughthe street, attracting thousands by its magnificence and splendor.No one of all the crowd will pay any heed to the despised andbroken-hearted outcast.