Gertrude (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Sewell, Elizabeth Missing) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Gertrude It was a calm, bright morning in the beginning of September. The brilliancy of the summer tints had scarcely begun to fade, and the warm breath of the south breeze, as it wandered among the foliage of the trees, and played with the flickering shadows on the turf, gave no indication that the glory of the year was departing. But there is something in the knowledge that autumn is near, which will often cast a shade over the fair face of nature, from the contrast between the charm of its present beauty and the desolation which we feel to be at hand. Lovely though it may be, we view it with something of sadness mingled with our pleasure, for, like the last sweet smile of a cherished friend, we are conscious that, even while we are yet gazing, it is passing away from our sight. And perhaps it was a thought such as this which caused the sigh that escaped from Edith Courtenay, as she stood at the library window of Elsham Priory, and looked upon the sunny prospect before her. The scene was one of quiet home beauty, often to be met with in England. To the right lay a cheerful village, partly embosomed in trees, and partly clustering around the base of a steep, conical hill, which had once been the station of a Roman encampment. The church, with its spire pointing to the blue heavens, and its white tombstones shining in the morning sun, stood near upon another hill of less considerable elevation, while, immediately adjoining, stretched the woods and lawns of Allingham Park, long in the possession of the elder branch of the Courtenay family. 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.
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