Excerpt from The Curate's Discipline, Vol. 2 of 3 The night was wearing into morning before Philip Wendell closed his eyes. He sat long and steadily thinking by his bed-room window - not smoking, to help him in his thoughts, but with folded arms, leaning back in an easy-chair, his feet resting on another, and his eyes directed upwards, his reveries to all appearance very far away from this sublunary world, its sins and its troubles, though never had the Curate's mind been more fully occupied with things of the earth earthly - things, too, concerning himself, instead of the anxieties, cares, and strivings to better the sordid lives of those around him, that had so much engaged his attention since he came to Elmsley. He had been surprised into taking a step which he had little thought of doing twelve hours previously. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Precepts and Practice, Vol. 2 of 3 Make out those H Opkinses.' Upon which some stronger-minded and more censorious member of the community sets the question entirely at. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.