The Haunts of Old Cockaigne
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

The Haunts of Old CockaigneWhen, as a boy of ten (driven from Paris by General Trochu's proclamation...
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Author: Thompson, Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock),1861-1948
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The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

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The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

CHF 11.72 CHF 5.86
Author: Thompson, Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock),1861-1948
Format: eBook
Language: English
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The Haunts of Old Cockaigne

When, as a boy of ten (driven from Paris by General Trochu's proclamation before[203] the siege as a bouche inutile), I first set my eyes on the world's metropolis, my impressions were not favourable. Ugh! that first Sunday in London! It was like a day of death, a day among the tombs. What a change from the Paris of the Third Empire! I had been suddenly translated from an airy, flower-festooned apartment overlooking the Luxembourg Gardens, to a dirty brick lodging-house in the Pentonville Road, with a soot-garden in front and a dingy penitentiary across the way. Never before had I seen a brick house, soot-garden, or penitentiary; and novelty for once failed to lure my youthful eye. It was then that the purple-faced landlady in the rusty black gown assured my father that the place was "exceedingly respectable." [204] "What is that?" asked my elder brother John in French"c'est tres quoi?" "Respectable," repeated my father. "Respectable," quoth John. "What we call triste, hein?" And my father, who was ever grave as a tetrarch, smiled. I knew only two or three English phrases then, such as "I am pretty and vell; how vos you?" "If you please," "menny of zem," etc. etc. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 48055
Author: Thompson, Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock)
Release Date: Jan 23, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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