The curate of Cumberworth: and The vicar of Roost, by the author of 'The owlet of Owlstone Edge'. |
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... clock at the Church , or may be another shop in the place ; Miss Scumble's goods are so uncommon dear , and the groceries are so very bad . " Mr. Smith looked discouraged ; not at the pros- pect of roasted beans for coffee , and sloe ...
... clock at the Church , or may be another shop in the place ; Miss Scumble's goods are so uncommon dear , and the groceries are so very bad . " Mr. Smith looked discouraged ; not at the pros- pect of roasted beans for coffee , and sloe ...
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... clock . Our sexton , Dibble , is gone out for a week's holyday , to see his brother at Liverpool . " " My dear Charles , " exclaimed Mrs. Gibson , in astonishment , " are you dreaming ? It is only his funny way , " she added ...
... clock . Our sexton , Dibble , is gone out for a week's holyday , to see his brother at Liverpool . " " My dear Charles , " exclaimed Mrs. Gibson , in astonishment , " are you dreaming ? It is only his funny way , " she added ...
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... clock , is all in your favour . " And Mr. Gibson did not prolong the conversa- tion . Only his wife observed , that as he laid his head back on his couch , he muttered to himself , in an amused tone , Talleyrand's never - to - be ...
... clock , is all in your favour . " And Mr. Gibson did not prolong the conversa- tion . Only his wife observed , that as he laid his head back on his couch , he muttered to himself , in an amused tone , Talleyrand's never - to - be ...
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... Smith , with some little difficulty , and a trifling experience of the pond on the opposite side of the road , found his way , just as the church clock was striking ten . " You are later , sir , than I expected NATURE DISPLAYED . 27.
... Smith , with some little difficulty , and a trifling experience of the pond on the opposite side of the road , found his way , just as the church clock was striking ten . " You are later , sir , than I expected NATURE DISPLAYED . 27.
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... clock . " " Ah ! I did arrive by the evening train , but I stayed some time at the Rectory . " " Well , sir , in that case there is nothing to be said ; but poor dear Mr. Blandy , who left me a year and a half ago , was very regular in ...
... clock . " " Ah ! I did arrive by the evening train , but I stayed some time at the Rectory . " " Well , sir , in that case there is nothing to be said ; but poor dear Mr. Blandy , who left me a year and a half ago , was very regular in ...
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Page 31 - twill be eleven; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 144 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Page 233 - WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain ; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Page 133 - Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head...
Page 221 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 182 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.