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Merrylegs Quotes
Four of the best book quotes from Merrylegs
01
“My name is Merrylegs. I am very handsome; I carry the young ladies on my back, and sometimes I take our mistress out in the low chair. They think a great deal of me, and so does James. Are you going to live next door to me in the box?”
Anna Sewell
author
Black Beauty
book
Merrylegs
character
bragging
ᐧ
thinking highly of oneself
ᐧ
self-esteem
concepts
Source: Chapter 4, Paragraph 10
02
“Besides, those children are under my charge when they are riding; I tell you they are intrusted to me.”
Anna Sewell
author
Black Beauty
book
Merrylegs
character
children
ᐧ
trust
ᐧ
in charge of
concepts
Source: Chapter 9, Paragraph 12
03
″...but I can tell you good places make good horses.”
Anna Sewell
author
Black Beauty
book
Merrylegs
character
horses
ᐧ
good places
ᐧ
good
concepts
Source: Chapter 9, Paragraph 12
04
“No, no! you never had a good place where they were kind to you, and so you don’t know, and I’m sorry for you”
Anna Sewell
author
Black Beauty
book
Ginger (Black Beauty)
ᐧ
Merrylegs
characters
mistreatment
ᐧ
feeling sorry for someone
ᐧ
good places
concepts
Source: Chapter 9, Paragraph 12
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