. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . their blood, applied his balsam to theirwounds, and brought them, as it were, from death to lifeagain. As soon as they were sufficiently recovered, he beganto inquire into the occasion of their quarrel. * Why, thisman, cried the black knight, * will have it that yondershield is silver.— And he will have it, replied the whiteknight, that it is gold. And then they told him all theparticulars of the affair. Ah r said the Druid with a sigh, * you are both of you,my brethren, in the right
. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . their blood, applied his balsam to theirwounds, and brought them, as it were, from death to lifeagain. As soon as they were sufficiently recovered, he beganto inquire into the occasion of their quarrel. * Why, thisman, cried the black knight, * will have it that yondershield is silver.— And he will have it, replied the whiteknight, that it is gold. And then they told him all theparticulars of the affair. Ah r said the Druid with a sigh, * you are both of you,my brethren, in the right, and both of you in the wrong:had either of you given himself time to look at the oppositeside of the shield, as well as that which first presented itselfto view, all this passion and bloodshed might have been 7* 78 AUSTIN HALL. avoided : however, there is a very good lesson to belearned from the evils, that have befallen you on this occa-sion. Permit me, therefore, to entreat you never to enterinto any dispute, for the future, till you have fairly con-sidered both sides of the question. AUSTIN HALL. 79. CHAPTER V. WEDNESDAY EVENING. Charlotte, Papa, I have an anecdote to tell you; andthen, you know, according to your old rule, you are to tellme about anything I like to hear. You promised you wouldfind out the real true history of Robin Hood.* Mr. Austin. I promised I would try. But tell me youranecdote. Charlotte. King Charles—the very King Charles wehave been talking so much about—had a little sister calledAnne, who was just as clever as he was, and was muchbetter, though I dare say he was good too, when she wasalive; for mamma says, that during his fathers troubles inthe rebellion, the poor prince was much neglected in his * See cut above. 80 AUSTIN HALL. education, and that when he was wandering about abroad,he got into the society of a great many bad companions ;so that is some excuse for him. Mr. Austin. I cannot admit it, Charlotte: adversityshould have corrected
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