The Devil upon Two Sticks in England
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ISBN13: 9780217079013
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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: CHAP. III. the Devil upon Two Sticks carried Don Cleofas, and what he Jhcwei him. T T was between nine and ten the next morning, when Afmodeus drew back the curtains of the bed where Don Cleofas was dill enjoying a found and pleafing fleep. It is not, faid he, 'the cuftom of this country, my noble Sir, to fleep till noon.?The town is all alive, the ftreets are crowded with people, and you are embracing your pillow.?It is not in England as in Spain?the day is here as fertile in fcenes for our obfervation as the night; and I wifh to employ it in conducting you through the principal parts of this magnificent city.?Our nights, indeed, may be more ftationary: ?but your chocolate is ready, and while you are taking it, I will prepare your toilette. Thou Thou beft of Devils I exclaimed Don Cleofas, leaping haftily from his bed, and embracing him, how fhall I repay the obligations I owe you? At prefent, replied Afmodeus, I am your debtor, ? and you may be afiured, I will not finally quit you, till the balance is amply difcharg- ed.?But we have no time to pafs in fruit- lefs converfation; I muft therefore beg of you to apply to your breakfaft, and when I have decorated your pretty face with the friz of the day, we will fally forth.?The mafter having difpatched his meal, and the valet, with half a dozen ftrokes of the comb, having finifhed the toilette, ?they made their firft vifit to St. James's Park. This, faid the Demon, is the principal public walk of this city, ?and on a Sunday evening is fo crowded with company of all forts, that it becomes an under' taking of no common difficulty to prefs through the multitude.?The Nobleman and the Plebeian, ?the General Officer and B a the the Drummer, ?the Lady of Quality and the Oyfter Wench, ?the Prude and the Harl...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217079013 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217079016 |
| Weight | 0.30 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.20 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 84 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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