Jerningham, Charles Edward Wynne, 1854-, Bettany, Lewis, 1869- · London Chatto & Windus · leaf 162
his in acottage for five shillings, and a dealer has sinceoffered me fifty pounds for it! It is an amusingexample of our complacent national hypocrisy.Fortunately, much has escaped local collectors, and,despite the mean depredations which the statelyhomes of England have made upon the cottagehomes,… … FINDS 139 be less than a hundred pounds. It is to the creditof the landlord, who made the discovery, that heinformed the cottager of its value, and advised himnot to sell it until a purchaser was found whowould pay the market price. The Young Pretender visited the houses ofseveral of his supporters…
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