Club night: a village record, ed. [or rather written] by C.L. Balfour |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 14 találatból.
6. oldal
... took place , the landlord used to give his opinion , and as he was not given to much 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 ...
... took place , the landlord used to give his opinion , and as he was not given to much 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 ...
13. oldal
... took place on the Monday evening after the conversation re- corded in our last . The master of the Union- House was voted to the chair , an honour he seemed anxious to decline , being as he said " a cup too low , " which seems a common ...
... took place on the Monday evening after the conversation re- corded in our last . The master of the Union- House was voted to the chair , an honour he seemed anxious to decline , being as he said " a cup too low , " which seems a common ...
19. oldal
... took up the petition from the table , and with a surprised and lowering brow , read its contents . " In sickness , affliction and poverty ' - well , he deserves to be so ! I think before he turns beggar in my house , and of my customers ...
... took up the petition from the table , and with a surprised and lowering brow , read its contents . " In sickness , affliction and poverty ' - well , he deserves to be so ! I think before he turns beggar in my house , and of my customers ...
20. oldal
... I never knew any harm of him , until he took to drinking . He was the cleverest and most generous boy I ever taught , and the finest young man in the town . " " And what be you going to give this clever 20 CLUB NIGHT .
... I never knew any harm of him , until he took to drinking . He was the cleverest and most generous boy I ever taught , and the finest young man in the town . " " And what be you going to give this clever 20 CLUB NIGHT .
28. oldal
... took to luxurious living ; and from his cradle , Tom was used to see and to taste wine and strong drink ; to consider them emblems of gentility - indispensable to re- spectable existence , comforts no one would do without if they could ...
... took to luxurious living ; and from his cradle , Tom was used to see and to taste wine and strong drink ; to consider them emblems of gentility - indispensable to re- spectable existence , comforts no one would do without if they could ...
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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...