His attenuated form was straight and almost majestic, his pale face was flushed, his tones were deep and strong, and they saw that one man, at least, breathed more freely, now that the evil genius of the place was gone.

It was a healthful speech.

It was an appeal to their own conscious history, and to such remains of manhood as they possessed, and they were strengthened by it.
A series of the most objurgatory resolutions had been prepared for the occasion, yet the writer saw that it would be better to keep them in his pocket.

The meeting was at a stand, when little Dr.Radcliffe, who was sore to his heart's core with his petty loss, jumped up and declared that he had a series of resolutions to offer.

There was a world of unconscious humor in his freak,--unconscious, because his resolutions were intended to express his spite, not only against Mr.Belcher, but against the villagers, including Mr.Snow.He began by reading in his piping voice the first resolution passed at the previous meeting which so pleasantly dismissed the proprietor to the commercial metropolis of the country.