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During my childhood at Islington the vicar of Puddletown was of the…
Quote byDorothy Nevill · 1826–1913
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Under Five Reigns (1910), p. 13 (The vicar mentioned is James Acland Templer.).
English (original)
During my childhood at Islington the vicar of Puddletown was of the fox-hunting sort, quite different to the modern conception of a clergyman. He was popular enough with his parishioners, though I suspect he never saw half of them till they came up to be buried.
— Dorothy Nevill
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