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Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events

Sabine Baring-Gould

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Description:Excerpt from Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events This clever humorist was instituted to the rectory of Wath, near Ripon, on April 13th, 1734. He had been a schoolmaster, then had a small living in Wiltshire, and afterwards was made chaplain to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who gave him the valuable living of Wath on its falling vacant. Dr. John Hildrop was of obscure birth, but he made his way by his talents and the brilliancy of his conversation. When he was in Wiltshire he had a thorn in his side, a squire, whom he thus describes, with not a little bitterness of feeling. "A scrubby branch of an ancient and honourable stock," Dr. Hildrop calls him, "who bears himself high upon account of his honourable birth and title, and never fails to exert an outward ridiculous superiority whenever he falls in company with wiser or better men than himself. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events. To get started finding Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events This clever humorist was instituted to the rectory of Wath, near Ripon, on April 13th, 1734. He had been a schoolmaster, then had a small living in Wiltshire, and afterwards was made chaplain to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who gave him the valuable living of Wath on its falling vacant. Dr. John Hildrop was of obscure birth, but he made his way by his talents and the brilliancy of his conversation. When he was in Wiltshire he had a thorn in his side, a squire, whom he thus describes, with not a little bitterness of feeling. "A scrubby branch of an ancient and honourable stock," Dr. Hildrop calls him, "who bears himself high upon account of his honourable birth and title, and never fails to exert an outward ridiculous superiority whenever he falls in company with wiser or better men than himself. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events. To get started finding Yorkshire Oddities, Vol. 2: Incidents, and Strange Events, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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