Lucy (Chapter_19) (Margaret Bayard Smith Transcription Project)

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Ah little think the gay licentious frond Some are pierced by wintry winds whom pleasure, power & affluence surround Ah little think they as they dance along How many shrink into the sordid hut How many feel this very moment, death of cheerless poverty. And all the sad variety of pain Thompson Chapter 20 29R

a circumstance, she would once have deemed impossible. Her experience of Richard's peity & kindness, had removed the prejudices ex-cited by differnce of colour, & taught her that goodness depends not on complexion & that religion can ? give dignity to slavery & poverty. Humbled & discouraged by the frequent rejections she had met with from the rich, & the dangers she was exposed to in the hours of the gay & fashionable, she determined to seek for employment & shelter from the poor. With the resolution, she joined the family, & offered her ? to the woman of the house. But this woman, was too poor to need such help, tho' she very good naturedly told Lucy she might remain there a day or two, until she could suit herself in a place. This offer was thankfully accepted, & she immediately busied herself in ? some of the clothes of the family, as a return for the kindness she received. -

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