Ah-we-lah began an appeal to drive off the bears and to set the raven spirits as guardians of our blubber caches.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
He conceived bitter sentiments against his parents or guardians in four; he was an old misanthrope in five; envied Curtius that blessed refuge in the earth in six; and at the end of the first twelvemonth had arrived at the conclusion, from which he never afterward departed, that all the fancies of the poets, and lessons of the sages, were a mere collection of words and grammar, and had no other meaning in the world.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
This lesson was needed too, as children were expected to submit uncomplainingly to those who were their legal guardians, whether strangers or parents.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes