ISBN: 0217904289

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217904285], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Purchase of this book includes free trial acc… More...

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217904285], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Lou declares, however, that he is afraid Miss I may have a legal claim to it, and when this was told to her father, he begged us to have the building made as portable as possible, so that it might be easily sent to her! It is now being put up, and is a substantial wooden erection opening off the back verandah, with a tank or reservoir upon the roof. There is not, unfortunately, enough water in the dry season to permit of a large plunge-bath, but in the future this difficulty may be overcome, and even as it is it will be a great convenience and comfort. The birthday itself was very pleasant. We had for dinner a most excellent little roast pig of our own rearing, with miti1 sauce, and an iced cake with ' R. L. S.' on it, that took me back to far-away days in the long past, when such cakes were a great yearly event. I could not help wondering, too, what I should have thought if any one had told me on the real birthday that that mite and I could spend its forty-first anniversary together in a home of our own in one of the Pacific islands. How impossible it would have seemed, and yet here we are, surrounded by many of the comforts and luxuries of home, and very grateful for them all. Well, it is a good thing on the whole that we cannot foresee what will happen; for, as Lou puts it, half the worth of life is in its unexpectedness. . . . But to return to the birthday, Austin's contribution 1 Miti, a relish composed of coconut and salt water, etc. to the general entertainment was reading aloud ' John Gilpin'; which he really did with such effect that I felt quite proud of my pupil. Cowper is introducing him to a number of new and strange ideas, such as snuff-boxes, snuffers, and such bygone fashions; and it is curious to me, and rather sad, to realise how many of the old fa..., 10016, British, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491408, English Literature, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New & Used Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 0217904289

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217904285], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Purchase of this book includes free trial acc… More...

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217904285], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Lou declares, however, that he is afraid Miss I may have a legal claim to it, and when this was told to her father, he begged us to have the building made as portable as possible, so that it might be easily sent to her! It is now being put up, and is a substantial wooden erection opening off the back verandah, with a tank or reservoir upon the roof. There is not, unfortunately, enough water in the dry season to permit of a large plunge-bath, but in the future this difficulty may be overcome, and even as it is it will be a great convenience and comfort. The birthday itself was very pleasant. We had for dinner a most excellent little roast pig of our own rearing, with miti1 sauce, and an iced cake with ' R. L. S.' on it, that took me back to far-away days in the long past, when such cakes were a great yearly event. I could not help wondering, too, what I should have thought if any one had told me on the real birthday that that mite and I could spend its forty-first anniversary together in a home of our own in one of the Pacific islands. How impossible it would have seemed, and yet here we are, surrounded by many of the comforts and luxuries of home, and very grateful for them all. Well, it is a good thing on the whole that we cannot foresee what will happen; for, as Lou puts it, half the worth of life is in its unexpectedness. . . . But to return to the birthday, Austin's contribution 1 Miti, a relish composed of coconut and salt water, etc. to the general entertainment was reading aloud ' John Gilpin'; which he really did with such effect that I felt quite proud of my pupil. Cowper is introducing him to a number of new and strange ideas, such as snuff-boxes, snuffers, and such bygone fashions; and it is curious to me, and rather sad, to realise how many of the old fa..., 10016, British, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491408, English Literature, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New & Used Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 0217904289

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ISBN: 9780217904285

Robert Louis Stevenson, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, Biography & Autobiography~~General, Vailima-Letters~~Robert-Louis-Stevenson, 999999999, Vailim… More...

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