benjamin

AS soon as they had passed, little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road, and set off--with a hop, skip and a jump--to call upon his relations, who lived in the wood at the back of Mr.

LITTLE Benjamin did not very much want to see his Aunt.

"Peter,"--said little Benjamin, in a whisper--"who has got your clothes?"

Most of the lights were extinguished; but as Benjamin adjusted with great care and regularity four large candles, in as many massive candlesticks of brass, in a row on the sideboard, the hall possessed a peculiar air of comfort and warmth, contrasted with the cheerless aspect of the room she had left in the academy.

The report was favorable, and the young lady, wishing Benjamin, who was filling the stove with wood, and the housekeeper, each a good-night, withdrew.

Two chairs were placed by the side of this comfortable situation, when Benjamin, for the first time, appeared to observe his companion.

And, as soon as it was ended, Mr Benjamin, as we have said, attended him, and was very kindly desired to sit down.

Every profession of friendship easily gains credit with the miserable; it is no wonder therefore, if Jones, who, besides his being miserable, was extremely open-hearted, very readily believed all the professions of Benjamin, and received him into his bosom.

I could confide in Benjamin as I could confide in no one else.

I went to old Benjamin's little villa, in the by-ways of St.

Benjamin Allen was a coarse, stout, thick-set young man, with black hair cut rather short, and a white face cut rather long.

Benjamin Allen; 'and the cigars were not bad, or the pork-chops either; were they, Bob?'