Clarissa Furiosa

Author : William Edward Norris
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334711077
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Clarissa Furiosa written by William Edward Norris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Clarissa Furiosa: A Novel Clarissa scrutinized with increased interest the hat beneath which this champion of Constitutionalism and the existing order of things was taking repose. There was not very much to be seen Of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Luttrell, Chancellor Of the Duchy of Lancas ter, except his hat; for he had tilted it over his eyes, his head was thrown back, his closely-trimmed grey beard was at right angles with the rest of his person, and, but for the slow, regular swinging of one long leg over the other, he might have been supposed to be fast asleep. But when his redoubtable antagonist sat down, amidst prolonged cheering, and when he himself rose, resting both hands for a moment upon the table, a keen, intelligent Spectator such as Miss Clarissa was able to divine that the languid-looking, elderly gentleman who was about to Speak might prove sufficiently wide-awake for all practical purposes. Sir Robert Luttrell's method, it must be confessed, was a little disappointing, at the outset, to those who were unacquainted with him and it. But by degrees his complete mastery of his subject became more and more apparent by degrees, too, the quiet style in which he made his successive points rendered it increasingly manifest that he had his adversary on the hip. It is not likely that his speech affected a Single vote, or that he had any expectation of its doing so; yet he scored a triumph which was tolerably sure to be taken note of in the constituencies, and even within the walls of the House he gained one more enthusiastic adherent. 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.