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Gwendoline´s Harvest
EN PB NWISBN: 9781527643482 bzw. 1527643484, in Englisch, Forgotten Books, Taschenbuch, neu.
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Excerpt from Gwendoline´s Harvest: A Novel ON the left bank of a certain river in West Cornwall stood, a quarter of a century ago, an ancient residence, entitled for the most part by admiring tourists Belvidere Court, but more properly designated Bedivere. It was very old, and, for all that is known to the contrary, may have existed in some shape or other in King Ar thur´s days, and been the ecuntry seat of Sir Bedivere himself, the last of all his knights though his stronghold it could scarcely Excerpt from Gwendoline´s Harvest: A Novel ON the left bank of a certain river in West Cornwall stood, a quarter of a century ago, an ancient residence, entitled for the most part by admiring tourists Belvidere Court, but more properly designated Bedivere. It was very old, and, for all that is known to the contrary, may have existed in some shape or other in King Ar thur´s days, and been the ecuntry seat of Sir Bedivere himself, the last of all his knights though his stronghold it could scarcely have been, by reason of its position. A wide bend of the river, which was navigable for small boats to the sea, afforded on its southern shore the space upon which the edifice was built; and it was commanded of course by the Opposite bank, as well as by that which - now a wall of autumn foliage - towered steeply up behind it. The man sion, which was built of stone, four square, and with a court-yard within, although an imposing and stately edifice, exhibited traces not only of decay, but of neglect. Time, that at last must needs eat into the heart of stone itself, can be bought off for a space like any other barbarian; but small attempt had been here made to come to terms with him. The grass in the court-yard was growing up among the cracked stones; the vast oak staircases needed the barpenter almost as much as the polisher; the wood-work of the huge windows was rotten and worm - eaten, and even the panes in some of the disused rooms were missing, having been broken - that is, they had been removed altogether, to avoid the nu sightliness the spectacle would otherwise have afi´o rded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage.
Excerpt from Gwendoline´s Harvest: A Novel ON the left bank of a certain river in West Cornwall stood, a quarter of a century ago, an ancient residence, entitled for the most part by admiring tourists Belvidere Court, but more properly designated Bedivere. It was very old, and, for all that is known to the contrary, may have existed in some shape or other in King Ar thur´s days, and been the ecuntry seat of Sir Bedivere himself, the last of all his knights though his stronghold it could scarcely Excerpt from Gwendoline´s Harvest: A Novel ON the left bank of a certain river in West Cornwall stood, a quarter of a century ago, an ancient residence, entitled for the most part by admiring tourists Belvidere Court, but more properly designated Bedivere. It was very old, and, for all that is known to the contrary, may have existed in some shape or other in King Ar thur´s days, and been the ecuntry seat of Sir Bedivere himself, the last of all his knights though his stronghold it could scarcely have been, by reason of its position. A wide bend of the river, which was navigable for small boats to the sea, afforded on its southern shore the space upon which the edifice was built; and it was commanded of course by the Opposite bank, as well as by that which - now a wall of autumn foliage - towered steeply up behind it. The man sion, which was built of stone, four square, and with a court-yard within, although an imposing and stately edifice, exhibited traces not only of decay, but of neglect. Time, that at last must needs eat into the heart of stone itself, can be bought off for a space like any other barbarian; but small attempt had been here made to come to terms with him. The grass in the court-yard was growing up among the cracked stones; the vast oak staircases needed the barpenter almost as much as the polisher; the wood-work of the huge windows was rotten and worm - eaten, and even the panes in some of the disused rooms were missing, having been broken - that is, they had been removed altogether, to avoid the nu sightliness the spectacle would otherwise have afi´o rded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage.
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