. Tom Browns school-days . SUNDRY WARS AND ALLIANCES. OOR old Benjy! The rheumatiz has muchto answer for all through English country-sides, but it never played a scurvier trickthan in laying thee by the heels when thouwas yet in a green old age. The enemy,which had long been carrying on a sort ofborder warfare, and trying his strengthagainst Benjys on the battle-field of his hands and legs, now,mustering all his forces, began laying siege to the citadel andoverrunning the whole country. Benjy was seized in the backand loins; and though he made strong and brave fight, it wassoon clear enough th
. Tom Browns school-days . SUNDRY WARS AND ALLIANCES. OOR old Benjy! The rheumatiz has muchto answer for all through English country-sides, but it never played a scurvier trickthan in laying thee by the heels when thouwas yet in a green old age. The enemy,which had long been carrying on a sort ofborder warfare, and trying his strengthagainst Benjys on the battle-field of his hands and legs, now,mustering all his forces, began laying siege to the citadel andoverrunning the whole country. Benjy was seized in the backand loins; and though he made strong and brave fight, it wassoon clear enough that all which could be beaten of poor oldBenjy would have to give in before long. It was as much as he could do now, with the help of his bigstick and frequent stops, to hobble down to the canal with MasterTom, and bait his hook for him, and sit and watch his angling,telling him quaint old country stories; and when Tom had no [44] SCHOOL DAYS sport, and, detecting a rat some hundred yards or so off along thebank, would rush off with Toby the turnspit
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