This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...rogue, a devilish rogue. By the tokens of the law, discovered in His Gracious Majesty's Courts, you have taken the blood of man, and whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed. There is a solemn word for your comfortable consideration. When I am gone, and, my orisons discharged, am retired to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...rogue, a devilish rogue. By the tokens of the law, discovered in His Gracious Majesty's Courts, you have taken the blood of man, and whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed. There is a solemn word for your comfortable consideration. When I am gone, and, my orisons discharged, am retired to the innocent sleep of a child, think upon it with tears and sighs and bitter mortifications of the spirit. For the Almighty hath appointed unto Him ministers of His Wrath, the which shall exact of you the penalty to the utmost farthing." Whereat he hiccoughed, and incautiously changing the position of his feet, sat down upon the floor very suddenly. "Ryder," says he, proceeding still solemnly, and without any appearance of having noticed his collapse, "I warn you, as a priest of the Church, to flee from the wrath to come. What is man but as the grass that today is and to-morrow is burned in the oven? Yea, what is he, but as the flame of a candle that is blown out with a breath? And I will put it thus unto you, for your surer edification--firstly, there is the sin of Lasciviousness, the which deserves reprobation. Verily it has its reward. Secondly, to divide our discourse into heads, there is the sin of Drunkenness. The drunkard shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Mark that, ye that look upon the wine when it is red. Thirdly, there is also the sin of Covetousness, the which even princes commit. And finally, to pass over the many cardinal vices, which at this moment have slipped my memory, there is the sin of Murder." He spoke the word, as it were, with a sort of bellow, and contemplated me sternly, his bibulous eyes, a little asquint, resting weakly on my face. But whether 't was the dramatic pause he made that was too long for...
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Good. 1896. Octavo. Pages 289-336 & advertisements. Illustrated. Noticeable shelf wear and smudging to wraps, with heavy chipping to spine. Some pages uncut. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: Fiction. )
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Seller's Description:
Acceptable. 1896. Octavo. Pages 49-96 & advertisements. Illustrated, including an illustration by Max Beerbohm. Heavy shelf wear, significant smudging, and severe chipping & tearing to wraps. Front and rear wraps detached but present. Noticeable wear to edge of pages. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: Fiction. )