Name: Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Author: Robert Montgomery Bird
ISBN: 978-1508722885

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Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)

by Robert Montgomery Bird 16 Apr, 2019

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It will scarcely be supposed that, with the passion of covetousness gnawing at my heart, I had space or convenience for any other feeling. But Abram Skinner had loved his children; and to this passion I was introduced, as well as to the other. At fir ... Read more

It will scarcely be supposed that, with the passion of covetousness gnawing at my heart, I had space or convenience for any other feeling. But Abram Skinner had loved his children; and to this passion I was introduced, as well as to the other. At first I was surprised that I should bestow the least regard upon them, seeing that they were no children of mine. I endeavoured to shake off the feeling of attachment, as an absurdity, but could not; in spite of myself, I found my spirit yearning towards them; and by-and-by, having lost my identity entirely, I could scarcely, even when I made the effort, recall the consciousness that I was not their parent in reality. Less

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Robert Montgomery Bird (February 5, 1806 – January 23, 1854) was an American novelist, playwright, and physician.Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806.[2] He was born to a pionee...

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