{"product_id":"revenge-is-pleasure-only-to-a-mean-man-chloe-manns-1836-penmanship-notebook","title":"Revenge is Pleasure Only to a Mean Man, Chloe Mann's 1836 Penmanship Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnother week, another penmanship notebook, because I love them, and each is its own thing, and at this point I feel it my duty as well as my pleasure to find good homes for them. This is a nice early one, 1836, the work of a Chloe Mann, I believe of Massachusetts. Always interesting to me is the content of these--what more effective way of instilling the values of the day than making students write them over and over and over again? And some very good  ones here: \"May thy virtues outshine the silver moon or morning star,\" \"Sin and sorrow are inseparable companions,\" \"Fatally enamored are sinners in their attachment to vice\", and, my timely favorite: \"Revenge is pleasure only to a mean man.\" Also, the not so fortuitous:\"Governments are maintained by rewards and punishments.\"  With a very lovely cursive alphabet at the front of the notebook, and the calligraphic head of an eagle below her name on the blue paper cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 1\/8\" x 5 1\/8\". 14 pages (leafs) filled front and back, with last couple of pages with only handwritten headers, as shown. Not all but a majority of pages documented.Executed with a very fine pen nib, so writing is not bold, but it is completely readable throughout and the whole thing is in very good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48355146760446,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_7193_49055b14-67c0-4876-8011-2219a5d9ece8.jpg?v=1781136721","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/revenge-is-pleasure-only-to-a-mean-man-chloe-manns-1836-penmanship-notebook","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}