Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
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"If it were not for the cursed bore of keeping up the farce beyond the possibility of keeping up the fun, such a rig as this would be incomparably pleasant; but"--yawning--"that's the devil! I get monstrous tired of a joke that needs dry nursing!" Such were the last muttered words of Parson Stevens before he yielded himself up to his slumbers. Good young man--charitable old ladies--gullible enough, if not charitable! But the professions need such people, and we must not quarrel with them! CHAPTER VIII. PAROCHIAL PERFORMANCES. The poor, conceited blackguards of this ungracious earth have a fancy that there must be huge confusion and a mighty bobbery in nature, corresponding with that which is for ever going on in their own little spheres. If we have a toothache, we look for a change of weather; our rheumatism is a sure sign that God has made his arrangements to give us a slapping rain; and, should the white |
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