Club night: a village record, ed. [or rather written] by C.L. Balfour |
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6. oldal
... talking , smoking being more to his taste , the club always listened to his words as if they were oracular . He would take his pipe from his mouth , gaze tenderly on his gouty legs , and say , " Ah ! it all comes from people's being so ...
... talking , smoking being more to his taste , the club always listened to his words as if they were oracular . He would take his pipe from his mouth , gaze tenderly on his gouty legs , and say , " Ah ! it all comes from people's being so ...
15. oldal
... talk about hides and skins and the labour I has with ' em , as you come here talking about they paupers of yours at the union . " 6 " Ha , ha ! " said Mr. Lather , the dapper barber , who passed among them as a wit , " that's good ...
... talk about hides and skins and the labour I has with ' em , as you come here talking about they paupers of yours at the union . " 6 " Ha , ha ! " said Mr. Lather , the dapper barber , who passed among them as a wit , " that's good ...
21. oldal
... talk , what should they know or care about a man's pleasures , " said Mr. Tripely ( his wife at that very time being his book - keeper ) , " I allays says , and I'll stand to it , as a woman haʼant no right to know nothink , but how to ...
... talk , what should they know or care about a man's pleasures , " said Mr. Tripely ( his wife at that very time being his book - keeper ) , " I allays says , and I'll stand to it , as a woman haʼant no right to know nothink , but how to ...
27. oldal
... What's the good o ' interruptin ' ? We can talk it all over when Master Alphastroke has finished , " said several voices . " Trade flourished , money rolled in , John Bland toiled as hard as ever , for gold grew to THE ONLY SON . 27.
... What's the good o ' interruptin ' ? We can talk it all over when Master Alphastroke has finished , " said several voices . " Trade flourished , money rolled in , John Bland toiled as hard as ever , for gold grew to THE ONLY SON . 27.
28. oldal
... talking of this ? He grew up in the daily habit of drinking -harmlessly as it was thought , and when he was sent to a superior distant school , care was taken that he should be supplied with his accustomed wine . When he came back , he ...
... talking of this ? He grew up in the daily habit of drinking -harmlessly as it was thought , and when he was sent to a superior distant school , care was taken that he should be supplied with his accustomed wine . When he came back , he ...
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12 Illuftrations BAND OF HOPE Becky better Bland's called chairman child cloth extra club comfort Crooked Billet daughter deaf landlord death drank drunkard Elihu Burritt Ellen Bud Engravings exclaimed feel fellow friends gentlemen George Mogridge gilt edges Hanwell heart husband Husk Illus inquest J. T. Barr Job Alphastroke John Bland kind known as Old lady Lather laugh London looked LORD'S PRAYER loved man's Margaret Wilson master Mifs mind Miss Stokes mother never night NUMBER Old Humphrey parlour PATERNOSTER ROW Penny pipe poor Price PRINCE CONSORT Publiſhed Punchard replied ruin S. W. PARTRIDGE schoolmaster Second Edition seems singing Snaffler sober song Stokes's story stranger strong drink sure talk teetotaller tell Temperance Third Edition thought told took toper town trations Tripely UNCLE DAVID'S Union United Brethren United Kingdom VILLAGE RECORD voice water-drinking week wife workhouse young
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34. oldal - Pale her parched lips, her heavy eyes sunk low, And tears unnoticed from their channels flow ; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again : Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes ; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms. With water...
4. oldal - It is not only one of the cheapest, but the very best pennyworth that has come under our notice for a considerable time. We "feel fully persuaded that it is, next to the Bible itself, the very best book that can be placed in the hands of a child by its parents.
6. oldal - What put my Pipe Out ; or, Incidents in the Life of a Clergyman. Cloth.
47. oldal - He spoke of sinners' lost estate, In Christ renewed, regenerate, — Of God's most blest decree, That not a single soul should die Who turns repentant, with the cry " Be merciful to me." He spoke of trouble, pain, and toil, Endured but for a little while In patience, faith, and love, — Sure, in God's own good time, to be Exchanged for an eternity Of happiness above. Then, as the spirit ebbed away, He raised his hands and eyes to pray That peaceful it might pass ; And...