Author: Charles DyerPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Memoirs of a Chequered Life
Author: Charles DyerMemoirs of a Chequered Life
Author: Charles DyerMemoirs of a Chequered Life
Author: Charles StrettonPublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Memoirs of a Chequered Life
Author: Charles StrettonPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230233703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ... ME. PATRICK MALONEY. 65 CHAPTER III. Mr. Patrick Maloney.--His ruffianism.--Kindness of Mrs. Maloney.--Bid farewell to the Timber-fellers.--Route to Pretty Sally's Hill.--Grantley Lodge.--Conversation with the Hut-keeper.--The Old Shepherd.--Become a Shepherd.--The old Shepherd a Poacher and Convict.--A Shepherd's Life.--Merry-making at the Hall.--Enrolled by Major Blois.--Become Communicative under the Influence of Good Cheer.--Inquiries as to my Previous Life.--Assist the Guests to their Horses.--Decline the Office of Cook.--Mr. Blois' Kindness.--The Old Shepherd a Murderer! The two next days passed over with nothing to detract from my comfort, and I began to consider myself quite a wood-cutter (for I had really begun upon hard work), when on Wednesday, to our astonishment, the master arrived, and after looking over all the work that was done, he ordered me up to his house, which was two miles distant, and told me to bring my axe and a cross-saw, for he wanted a few saplings felled. With dismay, I looked at Nicholas, who was standing near, knowing that I should make some mess or another of the work about to be imposed upon me. VOL. III. P 66 RUFFIANISM OF "Had I not better come up, master?" said my good, kind friend. "No," answered Patrick Maloney, "let that chap go, and mind that he brings the cross-saw with him." Upon my assuring him that I had no idea where he resided, he called me a fool, and told me to follow the track, which went direct from our tent to his house. My blood boiled a little at the slur he had cast upon my mental capacity, but I thought it better to take no notice of anything that the man might say. Picking up the cross-saw, which, being seven feet in length, wabbled up and down every step that I took, as it rested...
Memoirs of a Chequered Life, 2
Author: Charles StrettonMemoirs of a Chequered Life, 2
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371568972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Catalogue of books belonging to the library of the British factory, St. Petersburg
Author: Leningrad Brit. factory, librPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley ... The Friend and Biographer of Cowper, Written by Himself. With Extracts from His Private Corresondence and Unpublished Poetry. And Memoirs of His Son Thomas Alphonso Hayley, the Young Sculptor
Author: William HayleyPublisher:
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Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Six Centuries of Foxhunting
Author: M. L. BiscottiPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144224190X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This comprehensive bibliography is a compilation of foxhunting literature produced in Great Britain and the United States. Arranged alphabetically by author, nearly every entry is annotated and features details such as place and year of publication, publisher, book size, page count, illustrations, and binding.
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