I,et the plain truth be said— the governor was a cobbler. Within a stone's cast of the workhouse was a little white gate, swung between two hedgebanks in the road to Chertsey. Here, pass when you would, stood an old man, whose self-imposed office it... The Works of Douglas Jerrold - Strona 543autor: Douglas Jerrold - 1863Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Douglas Jerrold - 1846 - Liczba stron: 202
...therein, as the village trade might fluctuate, made or mended shoes. Let the plain truth be said—the governor was a cobbler. Within a stone's cast of the...withered hand of the aged peasant. This man was a pauper—one of the almsmen of the village workhouse. There was a custom—whether established by the... | |
| Blanchard Jerrold - 1872 - Liczba stron: 502
...part of the building, and therein, as the village trade might fluctuate, made or mended shoes. Let the plain truth be said — the governor was a cobbler....self-imposed office it was to open the gate ; for which service the passenger would drop some small benevolence in the withered hand of the aged peasant.... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - Liczba stron: 516
...might fluctuate, made or mended shoes. Let the plain truth be said—the governor was a cobbler. io Within a stone's - cast of the workhouse was a little...for the which service the passenger would drop some i5 small benevolence in the withered hand of the aged peasant. This man was a pauper—one of the almsmen... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - Liczba stron: 376
...part of the building, and therein, as the village trade might fluctuate, made or mended shoes. Let the plain truth be said — the governor was a cobbler....workhouse was a little white gate swung between two hedge banks in the road to Chertsey. Here, pass when you would, stood an old man, whose self-imposed... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - Liczba stron: 364
...j art of the building, and therein, as the village trade might fluctuate, made or mended shoes. Let the plain truth be said — the governor was a cobbler....workhouse was a little white gate swung between two hedge banks in the road to Chertsey. Here, pass when you would, stood an old man, whose self-imposed... | |
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