Excerpt from Ivo and Verena: Or, the Snowdrop His father and his brothers were great warriors, and Ivo went to battle with them; he was brave, and feared no dangers; he could climb like a young goat upon the steep rocks; he could fight valiantly, and bear cold, and hunger, and fatigue. The people of that country believed that if they were brave, and killed many enemies, and died in battle, they should go after their death to a happy land, where they should drink strong liquors, and feast, and enjoy themselves. But these ...
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Excerpt from Ivo and Verena: Or, the Snowdrop His father and his brothers were great warriors, and Ivo went to battle with them; he was brave, and feared no dangers; he could climb like a young goat upon the steep rocks; he could fight valiantly, and bear cold, and hunger, and fatigue. The people of that country believed that if they were brave, and killed many enemies, and died in battle, they should go after their death to a happy land, where they should drink strong liquors, and feast, and enjoy themselves. But these tales did not satisfy young Ivo he wanted something better, - he thought his soul must have been given him for something more than that. I will tell you how it happened that Ivo could not feel satisfied; that he wanted to know more, and to do more; that he could not think it enough to hunt, and drink, and feast, as his brothers did. But to do that, I must go back to his childhood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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