Dartmoor and Its SurroundingsHomeland Association, 1903 - 144 pages |
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Page 86 - Routleigh, watchmaker, whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession ; integrity was the mainspring and prudence the regulator of all the actions of his life ; humane, generous, and liberal, his hand never stopped till he had relieved distress ; so nicely regulated were all his movements that he never went wrong, except when set agoing by people who did not know his key, even then he was easily set right again.
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