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Excerpt from Cheap Jack Zita, Vol. 1 of 3What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'cambridge and Ely Post, ' in his wild est ¿ights of imagination, conceived of such a thing?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an impo...

Excerpt from The Pennycomequicks a Novel, Vol. 3 of 3Philip was restless all that day, after Salome had departed. He had remained at home in the morning to see her off, and he did not return to his work at the factory till after lunch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

Excerpt from Silver Store: Collected From Mediæval Christian and Jewish MinesNo apology is offered for introducing them to the public. It is not in the power of many to toil through ponderous tomes, written in languages with which they are not familiar, and it is proper for those who have facility and leisure for this study, to employ what they have acquired for the public good.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands...

Excerpt from Cheap Jack Zita, Vol. 3 of 3Fter a night of revelry, the winter morning broke on men lying tipsy or asleep about the smouldering embers of their fire, against the walls of houses, or crowded on the benches and on the stone ¿oor of the Galilee. Every tavern was packed, and many private houses as well. The rioters had demanded admission, and had threatened violence if opposed. Doors had accordingly been opened to them, and they had ...

Excerpt from Cheap Jack Zita, Vol. 2 of 3Zita was alive to the fact that every one in the house and on the farm - Mrs. Tunkiss, the shaking maid-of-all-work, the herd, the labourers, the stable-boy - all stood in awe of him. The housekeeper was as a lamb under his reprimand a word addressed to the girl with St. Vitus dance drove her into convulsions, an order given to the men galvanised them into momentary agility and sent the boy skipping lik...

Excerpt from The Pennycomequicks, Vol. 1 of 3: A NovelThe candles had been blown out on the chimney piece, in the sconces on the walls, and on the piano. A savour of extinguished candles pervaded the room.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to ...

Excerpt from The Pennycomequicks, Vol. 2 of 3: A NovelNotwithstanding this assurance, Salome remained unshaken in her conviction that the open doorway was due to the neglect of the servant. She knew that in the class of domestics, truth is esteemed too precious to be wasted by telling it, and that the asseveration of a maid Charged with misdemeanour is to be read like morning dreams. She did not pursue the matter with the young woman, so as no...

Excerpt from Urith, Vol. 1 of 2IN the very heart of Dartmoor, far from human habitation, near two thousand feet above the level of the sea, but with no prospect in the clearest weather on any side upon cultivated land, stands ad present, as stood two hundred years ago, and doubtless two thou sand before that, a rude granite monolith, or upright stone, about fourteen feet high, having on it not a trace of sculpture, not the mark of any tool eve...

Excerpt from Jacquetta: And Other StoriesCrafty millers have cast their eyes on these channels, and have run dams across their extremities with sluices in them, and when the tide ¿ows into the creeks and ¿ushes them full, it pours up through the sluice gate and brims the basin beyond 5 but when the water tries to return with the ebb, No, no, says the miller, you come as you will, you go as I choose! The trap is shut, and the water is caught an...

Excerpt from Historic Oddities: And Strange EventsBenjamm Bathurst was the third son Of Dr. Henry Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich, Canon Of Christchurch, and the Prebendary Of Durham, by Grace, daughter Of Charles Coote, Dean of Kilfenora, and sister of Lord Castlecoote. His eldest brother, Herry, was Archdeacon of Norwich his next, Sir James, was in the army and was aide-de - camp to Lord Wellington in the Peninsula.About the PublisherForgotten B...

Excerpt from Songs and Ballads of the West: A Collection Made From the Mouths of the PeopleI find that in addition to one large common store of songs and ballads, each place visited and explored yields up two or three which are, so to speak, particular to each village, or musical centre. I have no hesitation in saying that several hundreds of ballads and songs, with their melodies, may by this means be collected, of which perhaps a third are v...

Excerpt from In a Quiet VillageThen the idea took hold that Dan'l was a wise man and could charm, stanch blood by his blessing, drive away warts, cure milk that Would not turn to butter, and counteract ill wishes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techno...

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Excerpt from Kitty Alone: A Story of Three Fires The sun of summer had blistered the green paint on the table, and persons having leisure had amused themselves with picking the skin off these blisters and exposing the white paint underneath, and then, with pen or pencil, exercising their ingenuity in converting these bald patches into human faces, or in scribbling over them their own names and those of the ladies of their heart. Below the pla...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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