Excerpt: ... it water so!" He wiped his eyes, for the tears were running down his cheeks. "Thou'lt take him, then?" asked Carew. "Take him?" cried the old precentor, catching the master-player by the hand. "Marry, that will I; a voice like that grows not on every bush. Take him? Pouf! I know my place--he shall be entered on the rolls at once." "Good!" said Carew. "I shall have him learn to dance, and teach him how to act myself. He stays with me, ye understand; thy school fare is miserly. I'll dress him, too; for these ...
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Excerpt: ... it water so!" He wiped his eyes, for the tears were running down his cheeks. "Thou'lt take him, then?" asked Carew. "Take him?" cried the old precentor, catching the master-player by the hand. "Marry, that will I; a voice like that grows not on every bush. Take him? Pouf! I know my place--he shall be entered on the rolls at once." "Good!" said Carew. "I shall have him learn to dance, and teach him how to act myself. He stays with me, ye understand; thy school fare is miserly. I'll dress him, too; for these students' robes are shabby stuff. But for the rest--" "Trust me," said Master Gyles; "he shall be the first singer of them all. He shall be taught--but who can teach the lark its song, and not do horrid murder on it? Faith, Carew, I'll teach the lad myself; ay, all I know. I studied in the best schools in the world." "And, hark 'e, Master Gyles," said Carew, sternly all at once; "thou'lt come no royal placard and seizure on me--ye have sworn. The boy is mine to have and to hold with all that he earns, in spite of thy prerogatives." For the kings of old had given the masters of this school the right to take for St. Paul's choir whatever voices pleased them, wherever they might be found, by force if not by favor, barring only the royal singers at Windsor; and when men have such privileges it is best to be wary how one puts temptation in their way. "Thou hadst mine oath before I even saw the boy," said the precentor, haughtily. "Dost think me perjured--Primus Magister Scholarum, Custos Morum, Quartus Custos Rotulorum? Pouf! I know my place. My oath's my oath. But, soft; enough--here comes the boy. Who could have told a skylark in such popinjay attire?" CHAPTER XXIII A NEW LIFE And now a strange, new life began for Nicholas Attwood, in some things so grand and kind that he almost hated to dislike it. It was different in every way from...
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Birch, Reginald B. Very good in fair dust jacket. tight copy, clean on inside, slight shelf wear to cover, DJ has small tears and taped larger tears on "spine" area. Cloth and paper over boards, sewn binding, 302 pgs., illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile.
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Good. Later. Illustrated by HENRY PITZ. Good. Hardcover, rubbed and lightly frayed at spine ends and corners, pictorial front board, cover worn, pages lightly browned, small tear in back edge of spine, first two pages have tiny piece missing from lower corner. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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