WILLINGDON in Classic Quotes

1  For some weeks nothing was known of her whereabouts, then the pigeons reported that they had seen her on the other side of Willingdon.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter V

2  On Midsummer's Eve, which was a Saturday, Mr. Jones went into Willingdon and got so drunk at the Red Lion that he did not come back till midday on Sunday.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter II

3  By the evening of that day Napoleon was back at work, and on the next day it was learned that he had instructed Whymper to purchase in Willingdon some booklets on brewing and distilling.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII

4  A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world, and would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI

5  He was therefore making arrangements to sell a stack of hay and part of the current year's wheat crop, and later on, if more money were needed, it would have to be made up by the sale of eggs, for which there was always a market in Willingdon.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VI

6  Most of this time Mr. Jones had spent sitting in the taproom of the Red Lion at Willingdon, complaining to anyone who would listen of the monstrous injustice he had suffered in being turned out of his property by a pack of good-for-nothing animals.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In Chapter IV