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Excerpt from Village Dialogues, Vol. 3 of 3: Between Farmer Littleworth, Thomas Newman, Rev. Mr. Lovegood, and Others
Of them having lately lost its clapper, the music of the steeple was but a coarse exhibition of the peo ple's joy. Seldom had Mr. Lovegood an ill word from any of his parishioners but on this event the ringers were almost angry with him for having oppos ed the repair of the bells but be well knew, that this sort of music was frequently a temptation to disor derly conduct. Mr. Worthy was also of the same Opinion, being entirely satisfied that a better set of bells could never he wanted to call the people to public worship, while the best bell in the Church, (re ferring to the pulpit, ) was so thoroughly sound, and had in it such an excellent clapper, to charm the ears and hearts of all, who had grace to attend on its melodious sound. Mr. Worthy therefore, having sent to the ringers the accustomed compliment, requesting them and the rest of the inhabitants of the village, to keep the tes. 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.
