Books with title Sir Jasper's Tenant

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Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant, Vol. 2This was quite an invitation to the pimp little hand, which flew up to his lips like a fat little bird, and was kissed slyly before it went down again. Such conversations as this were carried on in fur tive whispers during Mr. Dobb's Sunday-evening assemblies and the lovers enjoyed each other's society in a corner of the little parlour, and were almost as much isolated in the magic world of their own creation as if the facetious clerk's imita tions of Charles Kean and Paul Bedford had been the rustling of forest-leaves murmuring softly in the depths of some impenetrable silvan glade.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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Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant, Vol. 2This was quite an invitation to the pimp little hand, which flew up to his lips like a fat little bird, and was kissed slyly before it went down again. Such conversations as this were carried on in fur tive whispers during Mr. Dobb's Sunday-evening assemblies and the lovers enjoyed each other's society in a corner of the little parlour, and were almost as much isolated in the magic world of their own creation as if the facetious clerk's imita tions of Charles Kean and Paul Bedford had been the rustling of forest-leaves murmuring softly in the depths of some impenetrable silvan glade.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.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant, Vol. 1 of 3The secluded habitation was known as the Hermitage, which romantic title had been given to it by some sentimental occupant in days gone by. There was a story connected with it, a tra gical story, such as generally belongs to a place of this kind: the story of a faithless wife, a mid night meeting, a servant's treachery, and a sur prise - a shrieking woman locked in an inner chamber, and watching through a keyhole - a duel to the death, and then a flight on horseback through the black W'oods away to the open coun try, and the miry roads leading London-wards an inquest at the Hermitage-ma suicide found stark and stiff in a London lodging-house - and.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.

Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant, Vol. 3 of 3An omnibus had been hired for the convey ance of the party, and that vehicle overshadowed Mr. Dobb's mansion, while the clerk regaled his friends in the parlour. To the denizens of Am anda Villas, stationed at windows and lounging on door - steps, an omnibus might have been the new est and rarest Object in creation, so fondly did they gaze on the vehicle, on which Railway Station.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.

Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant, Vol. 1 of 3The secluded habitation was known as the Hermitage, which romantic title had been given to it by some sentimental occupant in days gone by. There was a story connected with it, a tra gical story, such as generally belongs to a place of this kind: the story of a faithless wife, a mid night meeting, a servant's treachery, and a sur prise - a shrieking woman locked in an inner chamber, and watching through a keyhole - a duel to the death, and then a flight on horseback through the black W'oods away to the open coun try, and the miry roads leading London-wards an inquest at the Hermitage-ma suicide found stark and stiff in a London lodging-house - and.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.

Excerpt from Sir Jasper's Tenant: A NovelThere were many versions of this story, which may have been somewhat legendary in its character. It related to a noble race which was extinct, and to a time in which men wore fantastically frizzed periwigs upon their heads, and carried slim rapiers at their Sides, always conveniently ready for any little impromptu in the way of an assassination in the badly lighted streets, or a duel to the death in some lonely chamber with locked doors.If you had been an amateur artist on the lookout for a subject for a water-colour drawing, scarcely anything could have been better for you than the Hermitage, lying low in a deep hollow of Scarsdale wood, with trackless depths of fern stretching away to the left of its grim walls, and a still black pool lying to the right of the old Ivy grown gate surmounted by a stone escutcheon, and marking the boundary of a garden that was no more.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.