Rand, Mary Abbott, b. 1840, Belford, Clarke & Co., publisher · Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co. · leaf 50
uld be well to leave him inEngland to fit for college. Berts boyish heart was never so full of grief aswhen he left Kents Hill. He told the fellows thathe should run away from that old English school, —they would see him back. He couldnt stand beingfitted in England, — too much Yankee Doodle… … HANDYNE AND HANDOUTE. Cricket, as you well know, is the English nationalgame. There is hardly a town, village, or school therewithout its cricket-ground. For centuries, John Bulland his grandfathers have, in their turn, gone wildover the balls and wickets. English poetry as farback as 1680…
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