The Argus Pheasant

The Argus Pheasant

The Argus Pheasant Ah, God, for a man with a heart, head, hand, Like some of the...
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The Argus Pheasant

The Argus Pheasant

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The Argus Pheasant

$18.44 $9.22
Author: Beecham, John Charles
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Argus Pheasant

Ah, God, for a man with a heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone Forever and ever by; One still, strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call himwhat care I? Aristocrat, democrat, autocratone Who can rule and dare not lie!Tennyson. It was very apparent that his Excellency Jonkheer Adriaan Adriaanszoon Van Schouten, governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies, was in a temper. His eyes sparked like an emery-wheel biting cold steel. His thin, sharp-ridged nose rose high and the nostrils quivered. His pale, almost bloodless lips were set in rigid lines over his finely chiseled, birdlike beak with its aggressive Vandyke beard. His hair bristled straight and stiff, like the neck-feathers of a ruffled cock, over the edge of his linen collar. It was this latter evidence of the governor's unpleasant humor that[2] his military associate, General Gysbert Karel Vanden Bosch, observed with growing anxiety. The icy sweetness of the choleric Van Schouten sent a cold shiver along the commander's spine. He wriggled nervously in the capacious armchair that he filled so snugly. Quite unconsciously he mumbled to himself the clause which the pious Javanese had added to their prayers since Van Schouten's coming to Batavia: "And from the madness of the orang blanda devil at the paleis, Allah deliver us." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37215
Author: Beecham, John Charles
Release Date: Aug 26, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Gage, George W., 1887-1957

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