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. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...a short story," said the Highlander, for such he evidently was. "Put, chentlemen, chust pefore the Irishes unter Alaster MacDonald landed at Ardnamurchan to choin the great Montrose, there was strange omens an' sights such as has put rarely been seen efen in Scotland. Fairy drums were heard in the air, ...
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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. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...a short story," said the Highlander, for such he evidently was. "Put, chentlemen, chust pefore the Irishes unter Alaster MacDonald landed at Ardnamurchan to choin the great Montrose, there was strange omens an' sights such as has put rarely been seen efen in Scotland. Fairy drums were heard in the air, rushing sounts like the whustling o' cannon-balls were heard all over the country, an' in many places soldiers an' horsemen was seen in the air, an' on hillsides an' lochs, where no man might find footing. Put one winter's night in 1750, when it had set in so gloomy an' wet that no man cared to pe out of quarters, the sounts of a drum peating an English point o' war was heard in front o' the castle, an' the sergeant o' the guard peing called to the gate, reported that the commanding officer, Colonel Dundas, of that Ilk, was summoned to a conference. On peing asked how many were in the party, he seemed unaple to give a certain answer, so thick and heavy was the mist, put he was certain that only a few persons at most formed the party. Chust then a Scottish march was peat, and Dundas descended the narrow and winding stairs pelow to the main gate; put when he crossed the drawpridge, with a file o' musketeers an' the lieutenant, there was nopody to pe seen or heard ava." "And what was the cause of this ghostly summons?" asked Fortescue pleasantly. "That no one will efer know, I'll be pound," said the drover, for such his Highland acquaintance was; "put only a few weeks later the same Colonel Dundas was pribed with English gold, and sold the castle with saxty pieces o' cannon to Cromwell, an' the chamade, as they call the peating of the drums pefore a castle called to surrender, was peat on that fery...
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Add this copy of Drifting Round the World: a Boy's Adventures By Sea and to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1881 by Lee and Shepard Publishers,.
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Very Good. Illustrated. An early printing. Octavo, bound in gray cloth with ornate gilt and black lettering and design. Minor edge wear, old sale price and gift inscription on front endpage, else very good. Binding is solid.; 372 pages.
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Very good. 8vo, hardcover. Blue-green pictorial cloth; no dj. Vg condition. Gift inscription, dated ‘Christmas, 1880' on first blank page. Pulp paper contents slightly age-toned; Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. 372 pp., woodcut illustrations.
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