"God forbid," said he, "that I should attempt to thwart your charitable intention; but this, my good sir, is no object--she has many resources.

Neither should we number the clamorous beggar among those who really feel distress; he is generally gorged with bounty misapplied.

The liberal hand of charity should be extended to modest want that pines in silence, encountering cold, nakedness, and hunger, and every species of distress.

Here you may find the wretch of keen sensations blasted by accident in the blossom of his fortune, shivering in the solitary recess of indigence, disdaining to beg, and even ashamed to let his misery be known.

Here you may see the parent who has known happier times, surrounded by his tender offspring, naked and forlorn, demanding food, which his circumstances cannot afford.
"That man of decent appearance and melancholy aspect, who lifted his hat as you passed him in the yard, is a person of unblemished character.