| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1339 |
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`'As I 'ope you're all just as anxious to 'ear it as I am myself, I will not stand between you and the lecturer no longer, but will now call upon 'im to address you.' Philpot was loudly applauded as he descended from the pulpit, and in response to the clamorous demands of the crowd, Barrington, who in the meantime had yielded to Owen's entreaties that he would avail himself of this opportunity of proclaiming the glad tidings of the good time that is to be, got up on the steps in his turn. Harlow, desiring that everything should be done decently and in order, had meantime arranged in front of the pulpit |
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