The curate of Cumberworth: and The vicar of Roost, by the author of 'The owlet of Owlstone Edge'. |
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... less difficulty in making him understand what was ex- pected of him , for she had no notion of giving in to the whims of lodgers . Had he been a married man , she should have declined it . And as for chil- dren ! always in mischief ...
... less difficulty in making him understand what was ex- pected of him , for she had no notion of giving in to the whims of lodgers . Had he been a married man , she should have declined it . And as for chil- dren ! always in mischief ...
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... less and excited Curate of Cumberworth . Mr. Smith was not looking his best ; he had lost his hat ; he had a rent from a treacherous nail both in his trowsers and his coat : he was spotted with black mud , and in climbing the bridge he ...
... less and excited Curate of Cumberworth . Mr. Smith was not looking his best ; he had lost his hat ; he had a rent from a treacherous nail both in his trowsers and his coat : he was spotted with black mud , and in climbing the bridge he ...
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... less excitement about it than he had expected to find in it , and the knowledge of the country which he had expected to derive therefrom , was of the smallest possible kind . There was no- thing to distinguish one hedge from another ...
... less excitement about it than he had expected to find in it , and the knowledge of the country which he had expected to derive therefrom , was of the smallest possible kind . There was no- thing to distinguish one hedge from another ...
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... less true to his time . There is no water boiling ; and there is butter to be got from the_shop ; the tea cannot be ready before seven , sir . It is not much past six now . ' Mr. Smith looked at his watch appealingly . " I know what o ...
... less true to his time . There is no water boiling ; and there is butter to be got from the_shop ; the tea cannot be ready before seven , sir . It is not much past six now . ' Mr. Smith looked at his watch appealingly . " I know what o ...
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... less than four triumphal arches , and banners of pink and blue calico , and a troop of yeomanry ; and a brass band , and everything that was proper for such an occa- sion . But our hero saw none of the great doings . He woke so stiff ...
... less than four triumphal arches , and banners of pink and blue calico , and a troop of yeomanry ; and a brass band , and everything that was proper for such an occa- sion . But our hero saw none of the great doings . He woke so stiff ...
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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.
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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.