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Excerpt from The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the PhoenicianIn the garden of my Japanese home in Tokyo I have just perused the last sheets of my son's philosophical and historical romance 'phra the Phoenician.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...his gorget so as not to spoil his armor--'tis worth at least a hundred shillings." I never moved a muscle--did not even deign to look down at that cruel churl; whereon the grizzly old boar-hound clapped his hand upon his dagger and turned on me--ah! by the light of heaven, he did. "What! not going, you lazy braggart!" he shouted, beside himself with rage--" not going, for such a prize? Beast--scullion--coward!" "Coward!" Had I lived more than a thousand years in a soldier-saddle to be cowarded by such a hoary whelp of butchery--such a d e old taint on the honorable trade of arms? I spun my charger round, and with my gloved left hand seized that bully by his ragged beard, and perked him here and there; lifted him fairly off his feet; stretched his corded, knotted throttle till his breath came thick and hard; jerked and pulled and twisted him; then cast the ruffian loose, and, drawing my square iron foot from my burnished stirrup, spurned him here and there, and kicked and pommelled him, and so at last drove him howling down the hill, all forgetful for the moment of prize and pillage. These lawless soldiers were the disgrace of our camp, they did so rant and roar if all went well and when the battle was fairly won whereto they had not entered; they were so coward and cruel among the prisoners or helpless that we would gladly have been rid of them if we could. But, after the manner of the time, the war was open to all; behind the flower of English chivalry who rode round the sovereign's standard, and the gallant bill and bow men who wore his livery and took his pay, observing the decencies of war, came hustling and crowding after us a host of rude mercenaries, a horde of ragged adventurers, who knew nothing of honor or chival...

Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phœnician, etc. [A novel.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden; <Original Pub Date> 1891 [1890].<Physical Description> 3 vol. ; 8º.<Shelfmark> 012640.l.1.