The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper. Martin Farquhar Tupper
THE TWINS
HEART;
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, A.M., F.R.S.
PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY.
HOW THE DAUGHTER HAS A HEART; AND, WHAT IS COMMONER, A LOVER.
WHEREIN A WELL-MEANING MOTHER ACTS VERY FOOLISHLY.
PROVIDENCE SEES FIT TO HELP VILLANY.
FALSE-WITNESS KILLS A MOTHER, AND WOULD WILLINGLY STARVE A SISTER.
FRAUD CUTS HIS FINGERS WITH HIS OWN EDGED TOOLS.