. Deep down; a tale of the Cornish mines . OLIVER VISITS THE/LOCAL PREACHER AT HIS THE CORNISH MINES. 117 procured the loan of books from his minister andsome friends who were interested in him. Hislanguage and manners were those of a gentleman,yet he had had no advantages beyond his fellows. My friend there, sir, also hopes to enter theministry, said the miner, pointing, as he spoke, to agap between the boards on which he stood. Oliver looked down, and there beheld a stalwartyoung man, about a couple of yards under his feet,wielding a hammer with tremendous vigour. Hislight linen coat
. Deep down; a tale of the Cornish mines . OLIVER VISITS THE/LOCAL PREACHER AT HIS THE CORNISH MINES. 117 procured the loan of books from his minister andsome friends who were interested in him. Hislanguage and manners were those of a gentleman,yet he had had no advantages beyond his fellows. My friend there, sir, also hopes to enter theministry, said the miner, pointing, as he spoke, to agap between the boards on which he stood. Oliver looked down, and there beheld a stalwartyoung man, about a couple of yards under his feet,wielding a hammer with tremendous vigour. Hislight linen coat was open, displaying his bared andmuscular bosom. What! is he a local preacher also V He is, sir, said the miner, with a smile. Oliver immediately descended to the stage below,and had a chat with this man also, after which heleft them at their work, wondering very much atthe intelligence and learning displayed by them,for he remembered that in their sermons they had,without notes, without hesitation, and without agrammatical error, entered into the most subtlemetaphysical reasoning, (
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