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During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was … mais…

During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him; and that was but a small part of what he actually did. Although of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances, and accustomed to take the world with as much philosophy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was not without a taste for ways of life more adventurous and eccentric than that to which he was destined by his birth. Now and then, when he fell into a low humor, when there was no laughable play to witness in any of the London theaters, and when the season of the year was unsuitable to those field sports in which he excelled all competitors, he would summon his confidant and Master of the Horse, Colonel Geraldine, and bid him prepare himself against an evening ramble. The Master of the Horse was a young officer of a brave and even temerarious disposition. He greeted the news with delight, and hastened to make ready. Long practice and a varied acquaintance of life had given him a singular facility in disguise; he could adapt not only his face and bearing, but his voice and almost his thoughts, to those of any rank, character, or nation; and in this way he diverted attention from the Prince, and sometimes gained admission for the pair into strange societies. . . . Books > Religion and Spirituality List_Books, [PU: Borgo Press]<

ISBN: 9780809567386

During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was … mais…

During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him and that was but a small part of what he actually did. Although of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances and accustomed to take the world with as much philosophy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was not without a taste for ways of life more adventurous and eccentric than that to which he was destined by his birth. Now and then, when he fell into a low humor, when there was no laughable play to witness in any of the London theaters and when the season of the year was unsuitable to those field sports in which he excelled all competitors, he would summon his confidant and Master of the Horse, Colonel Geraldine and bid him prepare himself against an evening ramble. The Master of the Horse was a young officer of a brave and even temerarious disposition. He greeted the news with delight and hastened to make ready. Long practice and a varied acquaintance of life had given him a singular facility in disguise; he could adapt not only his face and bearing, but his voice and almost his thoughts, to those of any rank, character or nation; and in this way he diverted attention from the Prince and sometimes gained admission for the pair into strange societies. . . . Books List_Books, [PU: Borgo Press]<

ISBN: 9780809567386

Hardback, [PU: Wildside Press], New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first publ… mais…

Hardback, [PU: Wildside Press], New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition, Classics<

ISBN: 0809567385

New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson Fiction Classics Action & Adventure Fairy Tales Folk Tales Legends & Mythology ab 40.99 EURO Medien > Bücher, [PU: Borgo Press]

2004, ISBN: 0809567385

Gebundene Ausgabe FICTION / Classics, novel of manners; ethnography; Post-Colonialism, mit Schutzumschlag neu, [PU:Wildside Press]