So he wrote to the squire, showing the letter to Catherine when it was done, lest there should be anything overfierce in it. It was the simple record of twelve months’ experience told with dignity and feeling. Henslowe was barely mentioned in it, and the chief burden of the letter was to implore the squire to come and inspect certain portions of his property with his own eyes. The rector would be at his service any day or hour.
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In other respects also his book is a severe and overfierce indictment against the century for its still-continued failures and its wonderful achievements and correspondingly wonderful advantages.
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To-morrow (Friday), about eleven o'clock, let there be a good (not an overfierce) fire lighted in both rooms ; have everything well dusted, and remove the coverings from the furniture, taking especial care not to scratch the gilding, or to soil or burn the carpet while lighting the fires.
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Even when the Indian brandished his tomahawk and seized the visited one by the hair of the head, it never seemed to be anything more than might be expected, nor did he ever appear overfierce in his threats and gestures.
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