This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...Eeverend, for in their company, as long as wine was on the table, there was no fear of the house being counted out. My uncle not being one of those, who have ever a gun on his shoulder and a brace of pointers before him, stayed at Brighton till the end of September. The end of October then terminated the season of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...Eeverend, for in their company, as long as wine was on the table, there was no fear of the house being counted out. My uncle not being one of those, who have ever a gun on his shoulder and a brace of pointers before him, stayed at Brighton till the end of September. The end of October then terminated the season of the present Londres sur la Trier, which could then lay claim to several things that it cannot now, and may now boast of a superabundance of things which it could not then. It was a horrid dull place to me, this Brighton. I hadn't had one day what I call of pleasuring; but hearing that the bluemottled harriers were to meet, the opening day of the season, two days before I was to return to school, I resolved to hire a hunter at a livery stable. They were to meet at Bears-den, I think it was called, on the Downs. But I had spent all my money; so I went to our footman, Samuel, and asked him if he would lend me half a guinea, and I'd repay him out of the pocket-money I was to have on going to school. "Well now, Master Easy, what's it for?" "To hire a hunter for the harriers tomorrow." "No," says he, "for then I shall be sure to have a job of brushing the mud off your trowsers. I've got enough to do here in walleting master and you, and waiting at table, without having that job." "Sammy, dear Sammy," said I coaxingly, "the Downs are as clean as this carpet, and I'll brush my trowsers myself." "Well," said he, "come up into my room with me, and we'll see what we can do." So up we went together, and Samuel, unlocking his deal box, produced his purse, a cast-off worsted stocking, which smelt rather savoury of his feet, and emptying it, copper, silver, and gold, put into my hand...
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