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Reminiscences and Opinions; 1813-1885

Reminiscences and Opinions; 1813-1885

Doyle, Francis Hastings

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ISBN10: 1150588861
ISBN13: 9781150588860
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.58 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... the judgment seat, fined and detained at York for the night. In fact, we were members of a very rough republic, bound to submit to the edicts of those in authority, much as the Birmingham Liberals have to bow down to Mr. Schnadhorst and his Caucuses, except that with us the processes were pleasant and amusing, and the tyranny humorous only, instead of being harsh and sullen. The Quarter Sessions, on the other hand, from their frequent recurrence, and from our having to establish ourselves at inns, instead of taking to comfortable lodgings in the county towns, were tiresome enough. Sometimes indeed we got away from the larger places, to find fresh air and pleasant walks at Skipton in Craven, or some such rural village. A good many of us used to spend two or three days there, without any hope of briefs, simply to refresh ourselves after seeing and smelling the rivulets of Bradford--rivulets dressed up in all the colours of the rainbow, and running pink on one morning, green on another, and blue on a third, according to the dye which happened to be in the ascendent. The country K 242 QUARTER SESSIONS AT SKIPTON folks did not quite understand why we appeared among them, and I recollect a jolly farmer, when fifteen or sixteen of us, bewigged and begowned, were streaming down into court together, calling out as we passed him in a tone of cordial sympathy, ' Ah, gentlemen, gentlemen, I'm sadly afeared there ain't a job apiece for all of you.' On another occasion, at Skip ton also, unless my memory deceives me, we were rewarded for our pilgrimage by a splendid outburst of eloquence from the local chairman. There had been a serious conflict between some English and Irish labourers, in which the Englishmen had behaved as ill as possible. Outnumbering...

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