RICHARD CARVEL Winston Churchill Author
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CONTENTS Volume 1. I. Lionel Carvel, of Carvel Hall II. Some Memories of Childhood III. Caught by the Tide IV. Grafton would heal an Old Breach V. I… mais…
CONTENTS Volume 1. I. Lionel Carvel, of Carvel Hall II. Some Memories of Childhood III. Caught by the Tide IV. Grafton would heal an Old Breach V. If Ladies be but Young and Fair VI. I first suffer for the Cause VII. Grafton has his Chance Volume 2. VIII. Over the Wall IX. Under False Colours X. The Red in the Carvel Blood XI. A Festival and a Parting XII. News from a Far Country Volume 3. XIII. Mr. Allen shows his Hand XIV. The Volte Coupe XV. Of which the Rector has the Worst XVI. In which Some Things are made Clear XVII. South River XVIII. The Black Moll Volume 4. XIX. A Man of Destiny XX. A Sad Home-coming XXI. The Gardener's Cottage XXII. On the Road XXIII. London Town XXIV. Castle Yard XXV. The Rescue Volume 5. XXVI. The Part Horatio played XXVII. In which I am sore tempted XXVIII. Arlington Street XXIX. I meet a very Great Young Man XXX. A Conspiracy XXXI. Upstairs into the World XXXII. Lady Tankerville's Drum-major XXXIII. Drury Lane Volume 6. XXXIV. His Grace makes Advances XXXV. In which my Lord Baltimore appears XXXVI. A Glimpse of Mr. Garrick XXXVII. The Serpentine XXXVIII. In which I am roundly brought to task XXXIX. Holland House XL. Vauxhall XLI. The Wilderness Volume 7. XLII. My Friends are proven XLIII. Annapolis once more XLIV. Noblesse Oblige XLV. The House of Memories XLVI. Gordon's Pride XLVII. Visitors XLVIII. Multum in Parvo XLIX. Liberty loses a Friend Volume 8. L. Farewell to Gordon's LI. How an Idle Prophecy came to pass LII. How the Gardener's Son fought the Serapis LIII. In which I make Some Discoveries LIV. More Discoveries. LV. The Love of a Maid for a Man LVI. How Good came out of Evil LVII. I come to my Own againVolume 1.CHAPTER I. LIONEL CARVEL, OF CARVEL HALLLionel Carvel, Esq., of Carvel Hall, in the county of Queen Anne, was noinconsiderable man in his Lordship's province of Maryland, and indeedhe was not unknown in the colonial capitals from Williamsburg to Boston.When his ships arrived out, in May or June, they made a goodly showingat the wharves, and his captains were ever shrewd men of judgment whosniffed a Frenchman on the horizon, so that none of the Carvel tobaccoever went, in that way, to gladden a Gallic heart. Mr. Carvel's acreswere both rich and broad, and his house wide for the stranger who mightseek its shelter, as with God's help so it ever shall be. It has yet tobe said of the Carvels that their guests are hurried away, or that one,by reason of his worldly goods or position, shall be more welcome thananother.I take no shame in the pride with which I write of my grandfather,albeit he took the part of his Majesty and Parliament against theColonies. He was no palavering turncoat, like my Uncle Grafton, to cryGod save the King! again when an English fleet sailed up the bay. Mr.Carvel's hand was large and his heart was large, and he was respectedand even loved by the patriots as a man above paltry subterfuge. He wasborn at Carvel Hall in the year of our Lord 1696, when the house was,I am told, but a small dwelling. It was his father, George Carvel, mygreat-grandsire, reared the present house in the year 1720, of brickbrought from England as ballast for the empty ships; he added on, inthe years following, the wide wings containing the ball-room, and thebanquet-hall, and the large library at the eastern end, and the offices.But it was my grandfather who built the great stables and the kennelswhere he kept his beagles and his fleeter hounds. He dearly loved thesaddle and the chase, and taught me to love them too. Many the sharpwinter day I have followed the fox with him over two counties, and lainthat night, and a week after, forsooth, at the plantation of some kindfriend who was only too glad to receive us. Often, too, have we stoodtogether from early morning until dark night, waist deep, on the duckpoints, I with a fowling-piece I was all but too young to carry, andbrought back a hundred red-heads or canvas-backs in our bags. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Biography Other>Biography Other, SAP Digital >16<