: Essays on the Stage Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699) by D Urfey Thomas Krutch Joseph Wood Commentator - Collier Jeremy 1650-1726. Short view of the immorality and profanen

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CHAPTER

"John, what are you talking of, all by yourself?"

The picnic in the hayfield.

The farmer advised him to walk quietly.

They had sometimes to go on their hands and knees.

THE HERMIT'S CAVE.

THEODORE HEARS OF HIS STEPBROTHER.

IT was a mild day towards the end of February; and though so early in the year, spring flowers were in full bloom in the sheltered gardens which surrounded Afton Hall.

Bright yellow crocuses, like regiments of plucky little soldiers in amber uniform, with here and there clumps of mauve or white, bordered the flower-beds; whilst daffodils reared their stately golden heads in the gentle breeze, and snowdrops peeped modestly from amongst their gorgeously-apparelled neighbours.

The patch of ground in front of the side of the house that faced the west was particularly productive, being sheltered from the east wind; and as old John Bawdon, the gardener, carefully turned over the brown earth with his spade on this promising spring morning, he made a mental picture of the garden as he hoped to see it in the summer.

"'Tis beautiful soil," he muttered; "just the right sort for them young carnation plants. They'll make a fine show by-and-by!"

"John!" cried a young, imperious voice. "John! what are you talking about, all to yourself?"

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