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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ...is a pretty country, ' said one of the ladies, with a sneer. ' There seems to be nothing left for you to do but to return, ' I said; ' so I shall wish you good-day and a pleasant journey.' ' Oh no pray don't leave us without telling these men that_that ' But there was nothing to tell them. Abuse of the Tyrol and the Tyrolese generally was a communication which it was quite unnecessary to make to the poor bridge-makers, who had again betaken themselves to their labours. ' May I ask where you were going to? ' ' To Munich, of course. Here is our contract, written in French, made with that rascal in Jenbach, who knew the bridge was broken down.' The speaker was one of those tall, solitarylooking ladies who are constantly seen in Continental hotels, and who go wandering about Europe with a charming belief in the omnipotence of the English tongue and a fine contempt for the manners and customs of the people whom they deign to visit. She had adopted, further, the ordinary theory of Englishwomen, that, in travelling, they ought to wear the ugliest dress that their ingenious fancy in that way can invent; and a very charming picture did this gaunt person form, as she stood and glared at the unconscious Tyrolese peasants. ' Then you must go back to Jenbach, and proceed from thence by rail to Rosenheim and Munich; or you can wait at J enbach until the bridge is ready, probably by Monday next.' So saying, we went on our way, and saw them no more. But I do not envy the innkeeper at J enbach when they returned to him--that is, if he could understand either French or English. 185 CHAPTER VIII. HEATHERLEIGH'S FEAT. ONCE more in the quiet and white Kt5niginStrasse, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152988484 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152988484 |
| Weight | 0.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.19 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 80 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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