Cousin Phillis - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Books - Independently Published - 9798715162137 - April 19, 2021
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Cousin Phillis

Book Excerpt: ...ew master (who was under some obligations to my father for a suggestion), and next to take me to call on the Independent minister of the little congregation at Eltham. And then he left me; and though sorry to part with him, I now began to taste with relish the pleasure of being my own master. I unpacked the hamper that my mother had provided me with, and smelt the pots of preserve with all the delight of a possessor who might break into their contents at any time he pleased. I handled and weighed in my fancy the home-cured ham, which seemed to promise me interminable feasts; and, above all, there was the fine savour of knowing that I might eat of these dainties when I liked, at my sole will, not dependent on the pleasure of any one else, however indulgent. I stowed my eatables away in the little corner cupboard--that room was all corners, and everything was placed in a corner, the fire-place, the window, the cupboard; I myself seemed to be the only thing in the middle, and there was hardly room for me. The ta..

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 19, 2021
ISBN13 9798715162137
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 92
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 5 mm   ·   99 g
Language English  

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