hedge-carpenter

‘You may generally tell what a man is by his claws,’ observed the hedge-carpenter, looking at his own hands.

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The hedge-carpenter was suggesting a song to the company, which nobody just then was inclined to undertake, so that the knock afforded a not unwelcome diversion.

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Charley Jake the hedge-carpenter, Elijah New the parish-clerk, and

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'Hallo! here comes our young hedge-carpenter,' exclaimed the foreman, as

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

The hedge-carpenter was suggesting a song to the company, which nobody just then was inclined to undertake, so that the knock afforded a not unwelcome diversion.

Stories by English Authors: England Thomas Hardy 1884

"And he bolted as if he'd been shot at," said the hedge-carpenter.

Stories by English Authors: England Thomas Hardy 1884

'And he bolted as if he'd been shot at,' said the hedge-carpenter.

Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

The hedge-carpenter was suggesting a song to the company, which nobody just then was inclined to undertake, so that the knock afforded a not unwelcome diversion.

Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy 1884

"You may generally tell what a man is by his claws," observed the hedge-carpenter, looking at his hands.

Stories by English Authors: England Thomas Hardy 1884

‘And he bolted as if he’d been shot at,’ said the hedge-carpenter.

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