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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...they sang a few school songs on the way, they all looked tired when they alighted at Rudham. Wishing each other "Good night," they hurried home to tell what a happy day they had spent, and in some cases, I fear, to appease a clamorous appetite which rebelled against short rations. CHAPTER XIII. AN IMPORTANT VISITOR. jjip HERE was a great commotion in CopsqiJjV ley School one morning, a few days after the pic-nic, in consequence of a 5) visit paid by Squire Brownlow. Now i John Brownlow, Esq., was a great man in more senses than one. He measured quite six feet in his shoes, and had broad shoulders, a capacious chest, and brawny limbs. And then he was supposed to be wealthy, and that alone is sufficient to make a man great in the estimation of many people. But beside this, Squire Brownlow was great because he was an important, useful man. He took a very prominent part in the public life of Rudham, and was always to be found connected with any scheme for the political, social, or religious benefit of the community. He was moreover a borough magistrate; and although kind, generous, and forgiving in disposition, he was a veritable "terror to evil-doers," and woe to the man who had to appear before him on a charge of drunkenness, assault, or, worst of all, wife-beating. He was called squire because he lived at Rudham Hall, a queer, rambling old place, which had in former years been the residence of the lord of the manor. Since that time Rudham had developed from an agricultural village into a busy manufacturing town, and instead of cornfields and pastures little was to be seen but factories, warehouses, and shops. But still Mr. Brownlow lived at the Hall, and managed to keep it something like a country house. It was...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152494176 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152494171 |
| Weight | 0.28 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 76 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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