Excerpt from The Sea-Side: A Series of Short Essays an Poems, on Various Subjects, Suggested by a Temporary Residence at a Watering Place

Father, answered Pascal, the. Vicar's eldest son, neither my sisters nor myself ought to hesitate for a moment at complying with the Wishes of a parent, whose kindness and affection have ever rendered obedience as pleasant to his children as it is obligatory. I am fully persuaded of the forbearance, and even partiality, which you will show towards the productions of our youthful pens. For my own part, I will with delight furnish an occasional paper. It will cost me, indeed, something to read my humble lucubrations, but I shall look {or my recompense in listening to the papers of others.

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