The Convict: A Tale

The Convict: A Tale

The Convict: A TaleIt may be very well in most cases to plunge, according to the rule...
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Author: James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford),1801?-1860
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Language: English
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The Convict: A Tale

The Convict: A Tale

¥2,146 ¥1,073

The Convict: A Tale

¥2,146 ¥1,073
Author: James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford),1801?-1860
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Convict: A Tale

It may be very well in most cases to plunge, according to the rule of the Latin poet, into the middle of things. It may be very well even, according to the recommendation of Count Antoine Hamilton, to 'begin with the beginning.' But there are other cases where there may be antecedents to the actual story, which require to be known before the tale itself is rightly comprehended. With this view, then, I will give one short scene not strictly attached to that which is to follow, ere I proceed with my history. In a small high room of the oldest part of St. John's College, Cambridge, in a warm and glowing day of the early spring, and at about seven o'clock in the morning, there sat a young man with his cheek leaning on his hand, and his eyes fixed upon the page of an open book. There were many others closed and unclosed upon the table around him, as well as various pieces of paper, traced with every sort of curious figure which geometrical science ever discovered or measured. The page, too, on which his eyes were bent, was well nigh as full of ciphers as of words, and it was evident, from everything around, that the studies of the tenant of that chamber were of a very abstruse character. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 51164
Author: James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Release Date: Feb 9, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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