A Cotswold Village ; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire |
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... turned out to grass , and left to look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel ...
... turned out to grass , and left to look after himself for the rest of his days ! Those were grand old times when the Berkshire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire men amused them- selves by cracking each other's heads and cudgel ...
Page 40
... turned away by half a dozen different farmers , because he never did a stroke of work , he manages to get on the sick- list at the " great house . " Long after his ailment has been cured he will be seen daily going up to the manor house ...
... turned away by half a dozen different farmers , because he never did a stroke of work , he manages to get on the sick- list at the " great house . " Long after his ailment has been cured he will be seen daily going up to the manor house ...
Page 54
... turning the hour - glass ; for in those days hour - glasses were placed near the pulpit , and the clergy used to vie with each other as to who could preach the longest . I do not know if Mr. Barrow was ever surpassed in this respect ...
... turning the hour - glass ; for in those days hour - glasses were placed near the pulpit , and the clergy used to vie with each other as to who could preach the longest . I do not know if Mr. Barrow was ever surpassed in this respect ...
Page 65
... turned out again within a month . An unknown candidate from London - I will not say a carpet - bagger - was able to beat the local squire , entirely owing to the very fact that he was a stranger . " " There is a good deal of chopping ...
... turned out again within a month . An unknown candidate from London - I will not say a carpet - bagger - was able to beat the local squire , entirely owing to the very fact that he was a stranger . " " There is a good deal of chopping ...
Page 66
... turned upside down : They live as the fishes do in the sea ; the great ones eat up the little ones . The tendency , doubtless , in all kinds of trade is for the small capitalists to go to the wall . Some of the farmers in this district ...
... turned upside down : They live as the fishes do in the sea ; the great ones eat up the little ones . The tendency , doubtless , in all kinds of trade is for the small capitalists to go to the wall . Some of the farmers in this district ...
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