The Astonishing History of Troy Town

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Author

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944

Credits

E-text prepared by Lionel Sear

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Cornwall (England : County) -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17263

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17263

Release Date

December 9, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. — CONTENTS — CHAPTER I. — IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A STATE OF INNOCENCE; AND THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CUMEELFO". — CHAPTER II. — HOW AN ADMIRAL TOOK ONE GENTLEMAN FOR ANOTHER, AND WAS TOLD THE DAY OF THE MONTH. — CHAPTER III. — OF A BLUE-JERSEYED MAN THAT WOULD HOIST NO MORE BRICKS; AND A NIGHTCAP THAT HAD NO BUSINESS TO BE WHERE IT WAS. — CHAPTER IV. — OF CERTAIN LEPERS; AND TWO BROTHERS, WHO, BEING MUCH ALIKE, LOVED THEIR SISTER, AND RECOMMENDED THE USE OF GLOBES. — CHAPTER V. — HOW AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN, THAT HATED WOMEN, TOOK A HOUSE BY THE WATER-SIDE, AND LIVED THEREIN WITH ONE SERVANT. — CHAPTER VI. — HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION. — CHAPTER VII. — OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE. — CHAPTER VIII. — HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED: WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN. — CHAPTER IX. — OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT. AND HOW A DULL COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG. — CHAPTER X. — OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS. — CHAPTER XI. — OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES. — CHAPTER XII. — OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED THINGS. — CHAPTER XIII. — THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TROY ENSUED AFTER PLEASURE IN BOATS. — CHAPTER XIV. — OF A LADY OF SENSIBILITY THAT, BEING AWKWARDLY PLACED, MIGHT EASILY HAVE SET MATTERS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT: WITH MUCH BESIDE. — CHAPTER XV. — HOW A LADY AND A YOUTH, BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR COMPANY, VISITED A SHIP THAT HELD NOTHING BUT WATER. — CHAPTER XVI. — OF STRATAGEMS AND SPOILS; AND THAT THE NOMINALISTS ERR WHO HOLD A THING TO BE WHAT IT IS CALLED. — CHAPTER XVII. — HOW ONE THAT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PAST SAW A VISION, BUT DOUBTED. — CHAPTER XVIII. — OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD START UPON A DARK ADVENTURE, BUT HAD TWO MINDS UPON IT. — CHAPTER XIX. — THAT A SILVER BULLET HAS VIRTUE: WITH A WARNING TO COMMODORES. — CHAPTER XX. — HOW CERTAIN CHARACTERS FOUND THEMSELVES, AT DEAD OF NIGHT, UPON THE FIVE LANES ROAD. — CHAPTER XXI. — THAT A VERY LITTLE TEA MAY SUFFICE TO ELEVATE A MAN. — CHAPTER XXII. — IN WHICH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO PUT A PERIOD TO THIS HISTORY. — CHAPTER XXIII. — HOW ONE LOVER TOOK LEAVE OF HIS WITS, AND TWO CAME TO THEIR SENSES. — CHAPTER XXIV. — OF THE BEST HELLEBORE; AND AN EXPERIMENT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT OF TWINS. — CHAPTER XXV. — WHICH ENDS THE STORY OF TROY.

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