The beggarly boy : a parable.

Includes 2 woodcuts.First sentence: "Once on a time a poor beggarly boy, who used to carry matches about the streets, was met by a very rich and worthy gentleman who observing his hollow eyes, his sallow looks, and his bent body, as well as the extreme filth with which he was covered, was touched with such compassion for the lad, that he was disposed to render him some effectual relief; and accordingly the gentleman dropt a hint, that he had a mind to do something donsiderable for him."Woodcut: title-page vignette, signed Lee (i.e. John Lee).Publisher's advertisements on p. [16].A "Sunday reading."At head of title: Cheap Repository.Approximate date from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c.1800-1870.Mode of access: Internet.Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with: The two wealthy farmers, or, The history of Mr. Bragwell : in seven parts. London : Sold by Howard and Evans ..., [between 1801 and 1811]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 47 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Repository of Moral & Religious Tracts. Bound in brown sheep over boards