The Table book; . Jan 27. % *, P- ADOPTION. There is a singular system in Francerelative to the adoption cf children. Afamily who has none, adopts as their owna fine child belonging to a friend, or moregenerally to some poor person, (.for the lawsof population in the poor differ from thosein the rich ;) the adoption is regularly enre-gistered by the civil authorities, and thechild becomes heir-at-law to the propertyof its new parents, ai. 1 cannot be disin-herited by any caprice of theparties:; they are bound to support it suit-ably to their rank, and do every thing dueto their off
The Table book; . Jan 27. % *, P- ADOPTION. There is a singular system in Francerelative to the adoption cf children. Afamily who has none, adopts as their owna fine child belonging to a friend, or moregenerally to some poor person, (.for the lawsof population in the poor differ from thosein the rich ;) the adoption is regularly enre-gistered by the civil authorities, and thechild becomes heir-at-law to the propertyof its new parents, ai. 1 cannot be disin-herited by any caprice of theparties:; they are bound to support it suit-ably to their rank, and do every thing dueto their A Rojal Simile. Queen Elizabeth was wont to say,upon the commission of sales, that thecommissioners used her like strawberry-vvives, that laid two or three great straw-berries at the mouth of their pottle, and allthe rest were little ones ; so they made heitwo or three great prices of the first par-ticulars, but fell straight ways J • New Monthly Apophthegms Antiq. + Ibid. 110 THE TABLE BLIND HANNAH. -Sightless, and gently led her unseen round,She daily creeps, and draws a soothing soun4^Of Psalmody, from out her viol str ngs,.To company some plaintive words she aings. This young woman sojourns in theneighbourhood of the ancient scene of the Pretty Bessee and her old father, the Blind Beggar of Bethnal-green — His marks and his tokens were known full well,He always was led with a dog and a bell Her name is Hannah Brentford. She isan inhabitant of Bunhill-row, twenty-fouryears old, and has been blind from the timeshe had the small-pox, two and twentyyears ago. She sings hymns, and accom-panies herself on the violin. Her manneris to give out ** two lines of words, andchant them to a quiet tune; and then she gives out another two lines ; and so sheproceeds till the composition is voice, and the imitative strains of herinstrument, are one chord of plainingsound, beautifully touching. She supportsherself, and an aged mother, on the alms ol
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