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The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies

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A small sewn pincushion, created by two sisters, serves as an animate narrator for a series of domestic episodes aimed at young girls. Through lighthearted, episodic scenes—playtime accidents, sibling quarrels, lessons in politeness, industry, and compassion—the object observes how gentle conduct, humility, and charity restore harmony. The narrative mixes practical needlework details and everyday mishaps to illustrate proper behaviour, self-control, and the formation of good habits, presenting moral instruction in an accessible, imaginative frame that blends amusement with didactic intent.

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Title: The Adventures of a Pincushion, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Young Ladies

Author: Mary Ann Kilner

Release date: October 24, 2020 [eBook #63541]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE
 
ADVENTURES
 
OF A
 
PINCUSHION.

DESIGNED CHIEFLY
For the use of Young Ladies.

Imagination here supplies
What Nature’s sparing Hand denies;
And, by her magic powers dispense,
To meanest objects, thought and sense.

LONDON.

Printed and Sold by John Marshall, No. 17, Queen Street, Cheapside; and No. 4, Aldermary Church Yard, in Bow-Lane.

[Price Six-Pence, Bound.]