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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1917. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII In Which Fortune Seems To Have Been In A Better Humour With Jones Than We Have Hwtherto Seen Her AS there is no wholesomer, so perhaps there are few l stronger, sleeping potions than fatigue. Of this---" Jones might be said to have taken a very large dose, and it operated very forcibly upon him. He had already slept nine hours, and might perhaps have slept longer, had he not been awakened by a most violent noise at his chamber, door, where the sound of many heavy blows was accompanied with many exclamations of murder. Jones presently leapt from his bed, where he found the master of the puppetshow belabouring the back and ribs of his poor MerryAndrew, without either mercy or moderation. Jones instantly interposed on behalf of the suffering party, and pinned the insulting conqueror up to the wall: for the puppet-show man was no more able to contend with Jones than the poor party-coloured jester had been to contend with this puppet-man. But though the Merry-Andrew was a little fellow and not very strong, he had nevertheless some choler about him. He therefore no sooner found himself delivered from the enemy, than he began to attack him with the only weapon at which he was his equal. From this he first discharged a volley ofi general abusive words, and thence proceeded to some particular accusations--"D--n your bl--d, you rascal," says he, "I have not only supported you (for to me you owe all the money you get), but I have saved you from the gallows. Did you not want to rob the lady of her fine riding-habit, no longer ago than yesterday, in the back-lane there? Can you deny that you wished to have her alone in a wood to strip her--to strip one of the prettiest ladies that ever was seen in the world? and here you have fallen upon me, and have almost murd...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235348938
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 170
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235348938
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 313 gr


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