Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The days disasters in his morning face;
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The nervous children who were anticipating his severity to come.
— Mister Micawber
The nervous children who were anticipating his severity to come.
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