S. C. Hall
The Outlaw, Vol. 1 of 2
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Oct. 25, 2017)
Excerpt from The Outlaw, Vol. 1 of 2
But the little trait of character we were about to notice is this - one of the divisions of the window, somewhat larger than the others, contained a painting of the Virgin Mary, holding the infant Saviour on her knee, while the shepherds, clad in blue tunics, yellow sandals, and rose-coloured scarfs, looked over her shoulder; the subject had not been exe outed on one entire piece of glass, but the portions were cc mented together in no very imperceptible style: a robin, with the longing which these birds so generally exhibit for human society, had taken a fancy to build its nest in the shell of a large cocoa-nut that was suspended from the ceil ing; thus, amid strings of eggs of the ostrich and the eagle, the domestic winter bird occupied a prominent situation, with out heeding, or, at least, dreading the various animals that dwelt in the farther extremities of the room, depending, per haps, both on its own agility and man's protection for its safety it had originally entered through an aperture in the door, which, however, Sir Everard feared was too near the ground for the little creature's security; he therefore di rected the removal of a portion of the painted glass - the condemned morsel happened, unfortunately, to be no other than the head of the Virgin.
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But the little trait of character we were about to notice is this - one of the divisions of the window, somewhat larger than the others, contained a painting of the Virgin Mary, holding the infant Saviour on her knee, while the shepherds, clad in blue tunics, yellow sandals, and rose-coloured scarfs, looked over her shoulder; the subject had not been exe outed on one entire piece of glass, but the portions were cc mented together in no very imperceptible style: a robin, with the longing which these birds so generally exhibit for human society, had taken a fancy to build its nest in the shell of a large cocoa-nut that was suspended from the ceil ing; thus, amid strings of eggs of the ostrich and the eagle, the domestic winter bird occupied a prominent situation, with out heeding, or, at least, dreading the various animals that dwelt in the farther extremities of the room, depending, per haps, both on its own agility and man's protection for its safety it had originally entered through an aperture in the door, which, however, Sir Everard feared was too near the ground for the little creature's security; he therefore di rected the removal of a portion of the painted glass - the condemned morsel happened, unfortunately, to be no other than the head of the Virgin.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
- ISBN
- 1527681076 / 9781527681071
- Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 10.1 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.44 in.
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