The Heiresses of Fotheringay |
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Author:
| Augustin, |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-38760-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.16 |
Book Description:
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE HEIRESSES OF FOTHERINGAY; TALE FOUNDED ON FACT. CHAPTER I. Suavity is to the mind, as the idea of Heaven ti to the soul. The sun had finished his daily course, succeeded by a clear, yet cold moonlight night, in the month of January, when three gentlemen, merchants from the city of New York, dismounted...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE HEIRESSES OF FOTHERINGAY; TALE FOUNDED ON FACT. CHAPTER I. Suavity is to the mind, as the idea of Heaven ti to the soul. The sun had finished his daily course, succeeded by a clear, yet cold moonlight night, in the month of January, when three gentlemen, merchants from the city of New York, dismounted at the door of a country tavern, near the foot of that range of mountains known as the Alleghanies, and which at that point throws its piny and cloud-capped peaks, across the Valley of Virginia. Our travellers were soon comfortably situated, and in the enjoyment of a warm fire, made of hickory wood, the brisk and bright blaze of which, together with the neatness of every thing in the room, induced the belief with them, that the house at which they had stopped for that night among the mountains was one far above mean notoriety. You will please excuse this intrusion upon your privacy, gentlemen?when, according to the custom of those of us, who keep houses of entertainment in this State, and more particularly after the cold ride you have had to-day?when I bring for your use, and I hope comfort, if you will partake of it, a bottle of ten year old peach brandy, with a little honey and sugar if you like the addition of either, all of which is at your service. You are kind, landlord, said the elder gentleman, and, if this specimen of the anticipated wishes of your guests is only the prelude of what may be expected of you, you may have some one or perhaps all of us here a longer time than for the present night alone, in this dreary and inclement season. You are complimentary; yet believe me, sir, should your home among these mountains for a longer or a shorter time, be my house, it shall be my aim as well as that of my family to make your stay an ag...