The Mayor of Troy

The Mayor of Troy

The Mayor of TroyYears ago I promised myself to write a treatise on the lost Mayors of...
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Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur,1863-1944
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Language: English
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The Mayor of Troy

The Mayor of Troy

$17.90 $8.95

The Mayor of Troy

$17.90 $8.95
Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur,1863-1944
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Mayor of Troy

Years ago I promised myself to write a treatise on the lost Mayors of Cornwalldignitaries whose pleasant fame is now night, recalled only by some neat byword or proverb current in the Delectable (or as a public speaker pronounced it the other day, the Dialectable) Duchy. Thus you may hear of "the Mayor of Falmouth, who thanked God when the town jail was enlarged"; "the Mayor of Market Jew, sitting in his own light"; "the Mayor of Tregoney, who could read print upside-down, but wasn't above being spoken to"; "the Mayor of Calenick, who walked two miles to ride one"; "the Mayor of East Looe, who called the King of England 'Brother.'" Everyone remembers the stately prose in which Gibbon records when and how he determined on his great masterpiece, when and how he completed it. "It was at Rome: on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the Decline and Fall of the City first started in my mind." So I could tell with circumstance when, where and how I first proposed my treatise; and shall, perhaps, when I have concluded it. But life is short; and for the while my readers may be amused with an instalment. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 19751
Author: Quiller-Couch, Arthur
Release Date: Nov 10, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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