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Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day

Chapter II · Chapter 2

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We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.
We will begin the present, with the clergyman.
Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.
He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.
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Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.
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We will begin the present, with the clergyman.
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Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
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Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angelsfaces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.
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He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

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a

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

about

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

after

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

aisle

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

all

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

and

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

angels

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

appearance

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

are

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

as

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

astonish

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

beadle

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

because

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

before

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

begin

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From this reading We will begin the present, with the clergyman.

beheld

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

came

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

chapter

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

church

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

clergyman

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From this reading We will begin the present, with the clergyman.

commenced

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

curate

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

deeply

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

desponding

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

devotion

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

dignity

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

earth

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

exhibited

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

faces

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

fascinating

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

first

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

five-and-twenty

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

gentleman

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

had

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

half

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

He

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

his

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

importance

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

in

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

inhabitants

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

is

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

ladies

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

last

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

little

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

love

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

manners

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

many

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

melancholy

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

month

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

monument

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

Mr

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

Never

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

of

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

office

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

on

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

one

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

other

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

our

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

parish

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

parishioners

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

prepossessing

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

present

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From this reading We will begin the present, with the clergyman.

religion

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

round

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

seen

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

sensible

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

side

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

so

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

such

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

Sunday

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

that

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

the

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

they

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

to

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

Tomkins's

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From this reading Never were so many young ladies seen in our parish church on Sunday before; and never had the little round angels’ faces on Mr. Tomkins’s monument in the side aisle, beheld such devotion on earth as they all exhibited.

was

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

We

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

were

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

when

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From this reading He was about five-and-twenty when he first came to astonish the parishioners.

will

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From this reading We will begin the present, with the clergyman.

with

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From this reading We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office.

within

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

young

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

young-lady

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From this reading Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

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