rubricals

The tent Man and woman Dark and swarthy Manner of speaking Bad money Transfixed Faltering tone Little basket High opinion Plenty of good Keeping guard Tilted cart Rubricals Jasper The right sort The horseman of the lane John Newton The alarm Gentle brothers.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘That will do,’ said the man; ‘that’s the kind of prayers for me and my family, aren’t they, wifelkin? I never heard more delicate prayers in all my life! Why, they beat the rubricals hollow!—and here comes my son Jasper. I say, Jasper, here’s a young sap-engro that can read, and is more fly than yourself. Shake hands with him; I wish ye to be two brothers.’

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

"That will do," said the man; "that's the kind of prayers for me and my family, ar'n't they, wifelkin? I never heard more delicate prayers in all my life! Why, they beat the rubricals hollow! and here comes my son Jasper. I say, Jasper, here's a young sap-engro that can read, and is more fly than yourself. Shake hands with him; I wish ye to be two brothers."

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

'That will do, said the man; 'that's the kind of prayers for me and my family, aren't they, wifelkin? I never heard more delicate prayers in all my life! Why, they beat the rubricals hollow! and here comes my son Jasper. I say, Jasper, here's a young sap-engro that can read, and is more fly than yourself. Shake hands with him; I wish ye to be two brothers.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest