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S.S. Pugh

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Description: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. 1883 ...a monster among those snake-like but succulent inhabitants of our fresh-water streams and ponds. Isaac Burden caught it; but it seemed so likely to slip through his fingers and make its escape, that he secured it by putting its head into his mouth, and holding it thus, wriggle and twist as it might, by a tight Wessex grip of his teeth. How he grinned as he waded on to the bank, black with mud up to his middle--his hands and arms equally so; his easy, good-natured face and curly hair splashed with the same material, but with a knowing twinkle in his eyes, as he kept his unrelaxed grip on the monster eel. He was the hero of the day, and received round after round of applause. Years afterwards, when I came to Catford, I was reminded by an old inhabitant of the "dra-a-ing" of Squire Trevor's brook, and of Isaac Burden's eel. We had formed a slight acquaintance with Squire Trevor's sons previously, and during the process above described they chatted with us. Nice gentlemanly young fellows they were, and inquired about Tomkins's accident, and the affair of the sand pit, of which they had heard. They both extolled the feat as a very plucky thing, and when Tomkins told them of my share of the business, they called me a little brick, and said it was a very sensible thing to do. Meanwhile some of the men, as they stood about, or lounged on the bank, began to look at us; one nudging another, and nodding, and then looking into vacancy with a stolidity that no one can excel a Wessex peasant in assuming, till at length one of them, bolder than the others, and egged on by sundry nods and winks from his companions, came up to us, and touching his hat, said, "Beg pard'n, gemmen, but be thic," indicating Tomkins, "the one as went down into th' old sa...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Max Victor's Schooldays: The Friends He Made And The Foes He Conquered. To get started finding Max Victor's Schooldays: The Friends He Made And The Foes He Conquered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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. 1883 ...a monster among those snake-like but succulent inhabitants of our fresh-water streams and ponds. Isaac Burden caught it; but it seemed so likely to slip through his fingers and make its escape, that he secured it by putting its head into his mouth, and holding it thus, wriggle and twist as it might, by a tight Wessex grip of his teeth. How he grinned as he waded on to the bank, black with mud up to his middle--his hands and arms equally so; his easy, good-natured face and curly hair splashed with the same material, but with a knowing twinkle in his eyes, as he kept his unrelaxed grip on the monster eel. He was the hero of the day, and received round after round of applause. Years afterwards, when I came to Catford, I was reminded by an old inhabitant of the "dra-a-ing" of Squire Trevor's brook, and of Isaac Burden's eel. We had formed a slight acquaintance with Squire Trevor's sons previously, and during the process above described they chatted with us. Nice gentlemanly young fellows they were, and inquired about Tomkins's accident, and the affair of the sand pit, of which they had heard. They both extolled the feat as a very plucky thing, and when Tomkins told them of my share of the business, they called me a little brick, and said it was a very sensible thing to do. Meanwhile some of the men, as they stood about, or lounged on the bank, began to look at us; one nudging another, and nodding, and then looking into vacancy with a stolidity that no one can excel a Wessex peasant in assuming, till at length one of them, bolder than the others, and egged on by sundry nods and winks from his companions, came up to us, and touching his hat, said, "Beg pard'n, gemmen, but be thic," indicating Tomkins, "the one as went down into th' old sa...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Max Victor's Schooldays: The Friends He Made And The Foes He Conquered. To get started finding Max Victor's Schooldays: The Friends He Made And The Foes He Conquered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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