The curate of Cumberworth: and The vicar of Roost, by the author of 'The owlet of Owlstone Edge'. |
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... VIII . LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD OF THEMSELVES 57 IX . THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE . 68 X. THE CARES OF OFFICE • 81 XI . INFALLIBILITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 96 XII . DEAR - BOUGHT EXPERIENCE 121 THE VICAR OF ROOST . CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PAST.
... VIII . LISTENERS HEAR NO GOOD OF THEMSELVES 57 IX . THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE . 68 X. THE CARES OF OFFICE • 81 XI . INFALLIBILITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 96 XII . DEAR - BOUGHT EXPERIENCE 121 THE VICAR OF ROOST . CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PAST.
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... dear , and the groceries are so very bad . " Mr. Smith looked discouraged ; not at the pros- pect of roasted beans for coffee , and sloe leaves for tea , but at the orderly quiescence , so to speak , of Cumberworth . He wanted a large ...
... dear , and the groceries are so very bad . " Mr. Smith looked discouraged ; not at the pros- pect of roasted beans for coffee , and sloe leaves for tea , but at the orderly quiescence , so to speak , of Cumberworth . He wanted a large ...
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... dear sir , I beg your pardon , but clergymen of your time of life are always up in arms against ' injudicious zeal , ' as they call it . Is not this like encouraging our neighbours to go to sleep , because we feel drowsy ourselves ...
... dear sir , I beg your pardon , but clergymen of your time of life are always up in arms against ' injudicious zeal , ' as they call it . Is not this like encouraging our neighbours to go to sleep , because we feel drowsy ourselves ...
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... dear , and what do you think of Mr. Smith ? " asked the crippled Rector of his wife , as she returned to her place beside the patient's couch , after having discharged the duties of hospi- tality to the new Curate . " A very quiet ...
... dear , and what do you think of Mr. Smith ? " asked the crippled Rector of his wife , as she returned to her place beside the patient's couch , after having discharged the duties of hospi- tality to the new Curate . " A very quiet ...
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... dear , when he has not been in harness for a week . And what a blessing it is that we should have got a man of active character , now that you are disabled . " " I am not so sure of that , my dear , " observed Mr. Gibson , rather ...
... dear , when he has not been in harness for a week . And what a blessing it is that we should have got a man of active character , now that you are disabled . " " I am not so sure of that , my dear , " observed Mr. Gibson , rather ...
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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.
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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.