 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1836 - 416 Seiten
...from him a religious education. She had brought with her from home a box of Bibles, and some pretty children's books and pictures. When she saw poor little...spread them on the floor of the room, the door of which opened into the verandah near the place where the little boy usually sat. When Henry peeped in and... | |
 | David Morgan - 1999 - 378 Seiten
...Henry was visited by an English lady who became concerned when she saw him amidst native servants, "for, indeed, it is a dreadful thing for little children to be left among people who know not God. " 5 5 So the lady spread out on the floor of her room "some of the prettiest coloured pictures she... | |
 | Barbara Eaton - 2005 - 434 Seiten
...Sherwood describes how: She had brought with her from home a box of Bibles, and some pretty children 's books and pictures. When she saw poor little Henry...spread them on the floor of the room, the door of which opened onto the verandah near the place where the little boy usually sat. Gradually little Henry's... | |
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Bibles, and some pretty little children's books and pictures. When she saw poor little Henry sitting in the 'verandah, as his custom was, between his bearer's knees, with many other native servants surrounding him; she loved him, and was very sorry for... 