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The following table, imperfect though it must necessarily be, shows how large a part of his life he passed outside 'the first turnpike-gate, and beyond the smoke of London: The first twenty-seven years of his life he spent in small country towns or villages Lichfield, Stourbridge, Oxford, Market-Bosworth, Birmingham.
Nobody was ever so thoroughly conversant with all the forms of life and of all the shades of moral and intellectual character which were to be seen from Islington to the Thames, and from Hyde Park Corner to Mile-End Green. But his philosophy stopped at the first turnpike-gate.
"I dare say it is the same person I heard asking the way to Wyllys-Roof this morning, when we stopped at the turnpike-gate," observed Mrs. Stanley. "He looked at the time as if he had been drinking." Elinor suggested that possibly it might be some old sailor, who fancied he had a claim upon Mr. Wyllys's kindness Mr. George Wyllys having died a commander in the navy.
'How goes turnpike business, master? said I to him, as he sat in his little porch, repairing a shoe. 'It don't go at all, master, said he to me. 'It's stopped. 'That's bad, said I. 'Bad? he repeated. And he pointed to one of his sunburnt dusty children who was climbing the turnpike-gate, and said, extending his open right hand in remonstrance with Universal Nature. 'Five on 'em!
Nobody was ever so thoroughly conversant with all the forms of life and all the shades of moral and intellectual character which were to be seen from Islington to the Thames, and from Hyde-Park corner to Mile-end green. But his philosophy stopped at the first turnpike-gate.
Noting these things with a degree of apprehension which neither of the three cared to impart, in its full extent, to his companions, they came to a turnpike-gate, which was shut. They were passing through the turnstile on the path, when a horseman rode up from London at a hard gallop, and called to the toll-keeper in a voice of great agitation, to open quickly in the name of God.
We saw one or two hamlets, and I especially remember a picturesque old gabled house at a turnpike-gate, and, altogether, the wayside scenery had an aspect of old-fashioned English life; but there was nothing very memorable till we reached Woodstock, and stopped to water our horses at the Black Bear.
The place of rendezvous was fixed at a turnpike-gate, which was about an equal distance from all the points from which the company were to assemble. "What shall we do?" said Lovel, looking at the Antiquary, but pretty certain of the part he would take. "Go, man we'll go, by all means.
When the waggon had passed on, Gabriel withdrew from his point of espial, and descending into the road, followed the vehicle to the turnpike-gate some way beyond the bottom of the hill, where the object of his contemplation now halted for the payment of toll.
The braces had been let go, and the yard was swinging about like a turnpike-gate, and the whole sail having blown over to leeward, the lee leach was over the yard-arm, and the sky-sail was all adrift and flying over my head. I looked down, but it was in vain to attempt to make myself heard, for every one was busy below, and the wind roared, and sails were flapping in every direction.
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