Sue Anderson

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King Lear · Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074 - Various · 8 Aug 2026 podcast

And happy, though my harsh touch, faltering still,

But mocked all time, and marred the dancer's skill

Yet would the village praise my wondrous power?

And dance, forgetful of the noontide hour.

I soon found in consequence of this avocation that I was exposed to numerous vices.

I was obliged to associate with the dregs of society and

To witness many scenes of folly and great wickedness, to stay out late at nights, and thus expose myself to dangers of different kinds, and

As my feelings were continually at variance with this occupation, I

which I adopted more from necessity than choice.

I soon gave it up.

and composed a farewell address to my fiddle.

The family in which I lived was both poor and illiterate.

Not one among them could spell their own name, but

And hence I was a considerable time before I acquired any taste for knowledge.

It was painful indeed, both in towns and villages, to behold the ignorance and wickedness which prevailed among children of both sexes, swearing, lying, and throwing stones, and

And the feelings of the passengers while walking along were not only hurt by the profane language of these culprits, but

But their personal safety was always in danger.

From the stones which were carelessly and mischievously flung around them.

But thanks be to God, this evil is at length disappearing.

The remedy applied has been successful, and that remedy is the Sunday schools.

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