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I led him over some awful places, and then what a ducking I got! My ears are full of water still, added he, laying his head on one side to try to run it out. 'You did well, observed Lord Scamperdale 'you did well, and I fully intended to let you off, but then I didn't know what a beggar I had to deal with. Come, say you'll go, that's a good fellow.
Sponge my Lord Scamperdale. Jawleyford suiting the action to the word, and manoeuvring the ceremony. 'Ah, I made Mr.
Then, in a partial lull, the voice of Lord Scamperdale rises, exclaiming, 'Oh, you hideous Hobgoblin, bull-and-mouth of a boy! you think, because I'm a lord, and can't swear, or use coarse language And again the hubbub, led on by the 'Devil among the tailors, drowns the exclamations of the speaker. It's that Pacey again; he's accusing the virtuous Mr.
Spraggon comforted Lord Scamperdale with the assurance that Amelia had no idea of Sponge, who he made no doubt would very soon be out of the country and his lordship went to church and prayed most devoutly for him to go. 'Lord Scamperdale's foxhounds meet on Monday at Larkhall Hill, &c. &c. County Paper.
'Here's the man on the cow! exclaimed Jack, as he espied Sponge and Jawleyford rising the hill together, easing their horses by standing in their stirrups and holding on by their manes. 'You don't say so! exclaimed Lord Scamperdale, turning his horse in the direction Jack was looking, and staring for hard life too. 'So there is, I declare! observed he. And who the deuce is this with him?
Sponge then put his horse's head that way, and blew a long shrill reverberating blast. 'Who the Dickens are you? retorted Mr. Sponge, without looking round. 'They commonly call me the EARL OF SCAMPERDALE, roared the same sweet voice, 'and those are my hounds. 'They're not your hounds! snapped Mr.
Bragg; 'far from it, sir for he, sir, who never makes an effort, sir, never risks a failure, sir, and in great attempts, sir, 'tis glorious to fail, sir'; Mr. Bragg sawing away at his hat as he spoke, and then sticking the fox-head handle of his whip under his chin. Puff stood mute for some seconds. 'My Lord Scamperdale, continued Mr. It was quite lamentable to witness his proceeding.
Sponge found it necessary to reduce his pace to a very moderate trot. Still he had made good way; and supposing they gave a quarter-of-an-hour's law, and he had not been deceived as to distance, he thought he should get to the meet about the time. His horse, too, would be there, and perhaps Lord Scamperdale might give a little extra law on that account.
Spraggon's visit to Jawleyford Court, conned over several mysterious coughs and half-finished sentences he had indulged in, she had about come to the conclusion that the real object of his mission was to negotiate a matrimonial alliance on behalf of Lord Scamperdale.
Best of all, Lady Scamperdale has got his lordship to erect a handsome marble monument to poor Jack, instead of the cheap country stone he intended. The inscription states that it was erected by Samuel, Eighth Earl of Scamperdale, and Viscount Hardup, in the Peerage of Ireland, to the Memory of John Spraggon, Esquire, the best of Sportsmen, and the firmest of Friends.
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