biings

Person,

flifelhi late mm Century Kent,

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basedontlueveryprivatediaryof
.ara1:her1morthodsoxclergyman,ls_

and. ‘ :
legs “swelling; will not stand 10

years longer, he recorded of one

unfortunate candidate for his

V aflections. Onthe positive side,

she had “fine spirits" and was
“soundinside.”

~ Ofanothercontenderhenotedz
“May ‘get a slice‘ of Miss Drake’s

’ ' ‘townie; I'1'nay die worth $10,000:”-
When not  for a wife,

histoix

by Debbie
Neech

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Hehadhiseye onarichliving,
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.Anyoneintenestedinthehistory
Cathedralwill rel-

'~ofC
_ ish_.the blunt comments on the

leading <-lerymen-of-the.Cathe-

' dral

.' Some of ,;the.. liveliest secuons

' deal .with the manners and
‘fashions of his age — food,
t

servants, entertainmen
and . foreign ‘travel. l “French
women-work like horses look

.like  Scotch women

iookrather worse,” Price was told
‘byafriendwhohadenioyedthe
grand tour of Europe.

Some of the concerns of the
time could equally apply to the

- present. Health and food fads
loom large. “Will eat‘ no greens
“because he

cannot depend Sprmglield, Maidstone,KentMEl4‘
       

'““1Wof"was"life“lree’fi'¢im""i:i'iine:  ‘

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lfaris was reported ;to "beg
»“dan’gg¢1>lustobeoIItatn\idI1ight.E

k a good
, patrol before they come. Murders
sometimes committed -in houses-

ofillfame.” ’

Through Price, ‘the reader
meets mam of the -well-known
families of Kent —- =the
Knatchbulls, Deedes, 

Brockrjnans, among

Some of Priee's~friends were
' c. John 

w'n‘.h aninterestinflie 
return to this book‘u'me'and1i_1_i1e'

Attractively illustrated, "the
book is available at 5.9.75 from
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