Sarah Fielding
The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664628091
Table of Contents
BEGUN AND CARRIED ON FOR THE SAKE OF AN APPLE: IN WHICH ARE SHOWN THE SAD EFFECTS OF RAGE AND ANGER.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MISS JENNY PEACE AND MISS SUKEY JENNETT;
A SCENE OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, QUITE THE REVERSE OF THE BATTLE,
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS JENNY PEACE.
THE STORY OF THE CRUEL GIANT BARBARICO, THE GOOD GIANT BENEFICO,
AND THE LITTLE PRETTY DWARF MIGNON.
A CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF THE GIANTS.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS SUKEY JENNETT.
THE LIFE OF MISS SUKEY JENNETT.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS DOLLY FRIENDLY.
THE LIFE OF MISS DOLLY FRIENDLY.
THE STORY OF CAELIA AND CHLOE.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS LUCY SLY.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS PATTY LOCKIT.
THE LIFE OF MISS PATTY LOCKIT.
THE PRINCESS HEBE. A FAIRY TALE.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS NANNY SPRUCE.
THE LIFE OF MISS NANNY SPRUCE.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS BETTY FORD.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS HENNY FRET.
THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS POLLY SUCKLING.
THE LIFE OF MISS POLLY SUCKLING.
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE BIRDS. A FABLE.
THE CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY OF MRS. TEACHUM, &C.
AN ACCOUNT OF A FRAY,
BEGUN AND CARRIED ON FOR THE SAKE OF AN APPLE: IN WHICH ARE SHOWN THE SAD EFFECTS OF RAGE AND ANGER.
It was on a fine summer’s evening when the school-hours were at an end, and the young ladies were admitted to divert themselves for some time, as they thought proper, in a pleasant garden adjoining to the house, that their governess, who delighted in pleasing them, brought out a little basket of apples, which were intended to be divided equally amongst them; but Mrs. Teachum being hastily called away (one of her poor neighhours having had an accident which wanted her assistance), she left the fruit in the hands of Miss Jenny Peace, the eldest of her scholars, with a strict charge to see that every one had an equal share of her gift.
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