A Voyage round the World

A Voyage round the World - A book for boys

The day arrived. A post-chaise stood in front of the old grey manor-house. I have it all before me. The pointed gablesthe high-pitched, dark weather; stained roofthe numberless latticed windowsthe moat, now dry, which had once served to keep out a body of Cromwells horsethe tall elms, which had nestled many a generation of rooksthe clump of beech trees, and the venerable wide-spreading oakthe broad gravelled court on one side, and the velvety lawn on the other, sloping away down to the fine, large, deep fish-pond, whose waters, on which I had obtained my first nautical experiences, as seen through the green foliage, were sparkling brighter than ever under the deep blue of the summer sky. At the hall door were assembled all those I loved on earthand dearly, too, I loved them. My mother, as good and kind a mother as ever nursed a somewhat numerous and noisy progeny; my sisters, dear, sweet, good girls; and half-a-dozen brothers, honest, generous, capital fellows; our father, toosuch a father!we always agreed that no one could come up to him. Other fellows might have very good fathers, but they were not equal to him! He could be just like one of us at cricket, or out fishing, or shooting, and yet he was always right, and there was not a finer-looking gentleman in the county, and that every one said. We were all at home for the Midsummer holidaysthat is to say, we boys; our mother was not a person to let her girls go to school. Who could say that we were not met for the last time in our lives? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 23074
Author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
Release Date: Oct 17, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English