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. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ... calmly take the place, which nature has allotted to her, and appointed to them. But my poor boy has queer notions, wonderful notions and fancies, but little power to carry them out, I imagine; one day the lad declares he will go for a soldier, the next, he wont work for no man, not he. "' The land," ...
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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. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ... calmly take the place, which nature has allotted to her, and appointed to them. But my poor boy has queer notions, wonderful notions and fancies, but little power to carry them out, I imagine; one day the lad declares he will go for a soldier, the next, he wont work for no man, not he. "' The land," says he, 'is made to feed us all, and we must all be fed.' Then he talks of the rights of the labouring classes; the overbearing of landlords; declaring all men are equal. Such sentiments as these, I fancy, neighbour, do not relate to our quiet village. where, as I have already said, there are few poor; for all who will work can find empoyment, and the aged and the sick are well cared for. There is, however, sometimes a little matter of pride in the steward, and farmer Winter, methinks, likes to be a gentleman in his way, riding his blood horses, and such like--but he pays his labourers fairly, and he has ever a kind word for you and I Mick, so we Lave nothing to say. "May it be the will of God that the times change not with us; we are well to do, and if I err not, when the young squire comes into the estate--and it will not he many years first--without he greatly alters, things will go still better. But the wind has gone down, and the stars are shining brightly," he observed, as he pulled aside the little window curtain, adding, "we shall have more frost, so good night neighbour, we shall meet ere many hours in the barn, think in the mean time about my poor boy." Alas! they were doomed never to meet again in this world. As the honest elder Eadstock was making his way homewards with some difficulty--for although the stars shone forth, the night was dark, and the sharp frost which had been succeeded by a partial thaw during the afternoon, had...
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