G. P. R. James

Delaware; or, The Ruined Family. Vol.1,2 And 3 (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Excerpt: Not many years ago, as the writer of this work was returning on horseback to Castellamare, from a visit to the Lactarian Hills, he overtook, just under the chestnut trees on the slope, which every one who has visited that part of Italy must remember, two gentlemen with their guide, who were on their way home after some expedition of a kind similar to his own. As the indefinable something told him at once that they were Englishmen, he turned, as usual under such circumstances, to examine them more critically in passing, and in one of them recollected a person whom he had met more than once in London. He hesitated whether he should claim the acquaintance; as, when he had before seen him, the traveller had appeared to great disadvantage. A man of rank and fortune, flattered, caressed, single, and set at, he had borne a sort of sneering indifference on his countenance, which certainly did not recommend him to a person who neither sought his friendship nor feared his contempt. A few traits, indeed, had casually appeared, which seemed to betray a better spirit beneath this kind of supercilious exterior; but still the impression was unfavourable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783962723811
• Artikelnr.: 53700384

Autorenporträt

George Payne Rainsford James (9 August 1799 ¿ 9 June 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)