Band of Hope
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There is something very depressing about last nights—we would really have been much better at the Band of Hope, and I would have been doing my duty, and thus have acquired merit.
From The Setons by Douglas, O.
"I wonder if you wouldn't all like to come along to my house, and play with my magic lantern, and—and—organize a Band of Hope?"
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd
"Why, that's my school," said Mattie; "I declare I should like to go, though what on earth a Band of Hope Meeting is, goodness knows, for I don't."
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances
H. O. said, "Band of Hope yourself"—but no one noticed it.
From The Wouldbegoods by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
He could not complain of his audiences, and the Band of Hope gained many recruits by his coming, but, through some misapprehension, the customary collections were overlooked.
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
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