R. D. Blackmore
Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664635341
Table of Contents
CHAPTER VIII. THE POTATO-FIELD.
CHAPTER XIII. THE LAW OF THE LAND.
CHAPTER XIV. REASONING WITHOUT REASON.
CHAPTER XXII. FIRESHIP AND GALLEON.
CHAPTER XXIII. A MAGIC LETTER.
CHAPTER XXV. A SERMON IN STONE.
CHAPTER XXX. FRANKLY SPEAKING.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.
CHAPTER XXXV. A WRESTLING BOUT.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A FIGHTING BOUT.
CHAPTER XXXVII. GENTLE AS A LAMB.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN INLAND RUN.
CHAPTER XXXIX. NEEDFUL RETURNS.
CHAPTER XLI. THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER XLII. HIS LAST BIVOUAC.
CHAPTER XLIII. TWO FINE LESSONS.
CHAPTER XLIV. AND ONE STILL FINER.
PERLYCROSS.
CHAPTER I. THE LAP OF PEACE.
In the year 1835, the Rev. Philip Penniloe was Curate-in-charge of Perlycross, a village in a valley of the Blackdown Range. It was true that the Rector, the Rev. John Chevithorne, M.A., came twice every year to attend to his tithes; but otherwise he never thought of interfering, and would rather keep his distance from spiritual things. Mr. Penniloe had been his College-tutor, and still was his guide upon any points of duty less cardinal than discipline of dogs and horses.
The title of "Curate-in-charge" as yet was not invented generally; but far more Curates held that position than hold it in these stricter times. And the shifting of Curates from parish to parish was not so frequent as it is now; theological views