Band of Hope
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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
Now I'd be there Wednesdays to meet the mothers, and Mrs. Underwood Saturdays for the Band of Hope and the kitchen-garden.
From A Philanthropist by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam
"Father, you forget, I belong to the Band of Hope," said the boy appealingly.
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances
How would this do?—"The brethren will walk out towards Harwich to-morrow, where the Band of Hope from another parish has already assembled."
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 by Various
They had relieved the Prussians and they was moving about above their trenches as free as a Band of Hope Saturday excursion.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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