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Excerpt from Tales for Children
But why, Harry, inquired his mother, do you wrlh for a thoufand a year? Or how do you know that your father will not allow you that fum when you are a man? Be caufe, replied Harry, my nurfe, Jenny Phipps, told me, that my fortune was fpoilt when Sophia was born; and fince that time, I have had a great many more lifters; but after Jenny Phipps was fent away I never at tempted to pinch them in the cradle; for I thought the new nurfe would tell you, and get me a whipping.
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