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Updated: May 16, 2025
I used often to find him reading one of the novels of his old friend G.P.R. James, and he hardly ever failed to remark that he was a "woonderful" writer; for so he pronounced the word, which was rather a favourite one with him. It was a singular thing that Landor always dropped his aspirates. He was, I think, the only man in his position in life whom I ever heard do so.
During the time we lay in the road, our fleet began the second of Iune, and so continued sixe dayes after to fetch in some hulks to the number of threescore, of Dansik, Stetin, Rostock, Lubeck and Hamburgh, laden with Spanish goods, and as it seemed for the kings prouision, and going for Lisbon: their principall lading was Corne, Masts, Cables, Copper, and waxe: amongst which were some of great burthen woonderful well builded for sailing, which had no great lading in them, and therefore it was thought that they were brought for the kings prouision, to reinforce his decayed nauy: whereof there was the greater likelyhood, in that the owner of the greatest of them which caried two misnes, was knowen to be very inward with the Cardinall, who rather then he would be taken with his ships, committed himself vnto his small boat, wherein he recouered S. Sebastians: into the which our men, that before were in flieboats, were shipped, and the flieboats sent home with an offer of corne, to the value of their hire.
Bellamy, 'we shall be pisoned wi' lime an' plaster, an' hev the house full o' workmen colloguing wi' the maids, an' makin' no end o' mischief. 'That ye may ley your life on, Mrs. Bellamy, said Mr. Bates. 'Howiver, I'll noot denay that the Goothic stayle's prithy anoof, an' it's woonderful how near them stoon-carvers cuts oot the shapes o' the pine apples, an' shamrucks, an' rooses.
As he watched her he thought, "If I was to touch her I should break her." Then the conversation began. "I was sorry," he said, "to hear yo was so poorly, Miss Cartaret." "I'm all right now. You can see I'm all right." He shook his head. "I saw yo' a moonth ago, and I didn't think then I sud aver see yo' at Oopthorne again." He paused. "'E's a woonderful maan, Dr. Rawcliffe." "He is," said Alice.
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