John Law The Projector

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
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ISBN 13 : 9781330807934
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book John Law, the Projector, Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint) written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John Law, the Projector, Vol. 15 About noon on a charming day towards the latter and of May, 1705, a sedan-chair was set down opposite Whites Coffee-house, in Saint James's-street. There was nothing unusual in the circumstance. Two or three chairs, indeed, had just discharged their freight on the same spot without attracting the slightest attention; but the case was very different with the emarkably handsome man who emerged from the sedan in question, and stepped lightly upon the pavement. On taking out his purse, this gallant-looking personage could find nothing in it but gold, and as the glittering pieces caught the eyes of the chairme, who were evidently from the Sister Isle, one of them said, in a coaxing tone, and touching his weatherbeate hat: "Bless yer hon'r's handsome face, giv us one ov them yallow boys. Shure an it wouldn't become a fine jon-tleman like yerself to pay like common folk. 'Twould be a raal pleasure to Pat Molloy - that's my brother cheerman here - and to myself - Terry O'Flaherty," again 'ouching his hat, "to carry yer hon'r for nothing at all. 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.