- Author:
- Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman)
- Publication Info:
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London:
R. Bentley,
1838,
pg 221
Text on page 221
FEMALE BEGGARS.
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hand, was wont to come every two or three days ; and when alms were bestowed, she first touched her forehead with her hand and then the ground, at the same time the elder child bent forward its little head to the earth and embraced my feet, exhibiting a most touching and graceful sense of gratitude for our small pittance. My right-hand man, Cowasjee, told me not to give to any beggar, because he or she would direct all the beggars in town to the house, and we should have no peace. Generosity is certainly becoming in a beggar; and what can be more generous than pointing out to others the source whence wre have derived succour? No one can be happier than your true professional beggar, if he possess the splendid imagination which has been set down as an attribute of the cloth.
" Les gueux, les gueux, Sont les gens heureux ; Ils s'aiment entre eux.
Vivent les gueux ! Des gueux chantons la louange. Que de gueux hommes de bien ! Il faut qu' enfin l'esprit venge L'honnte homme qui n'a rien."
One morning a tall, slender Hindoo, with an intelligent face, loitered before the door as if he wished to see or ask for something. He had on a kummerband, much worn, and a cotton skullcap,One morning a tall, slender Hindoo, with an intelligent face, loitered before the door as if he wished to see or ask for something. He had on a kummerband, much worn, and a cotton skullcap,
