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. 1908 Excerpt: ...and with that the two fell to work on Jean Dortan, and washed his wounds, and bound them with linen and sweet oil, and poured wine and milk into him. The dawn was breaking when first he groaned. Giacomo went out to chop wood for splints, and as he worked in the silvery light heard a rattle of musketry away in the east. ...
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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. 1908 Excerpt: ...and with that the two fell to work on Jean Dortan, and washed his wounds, and bound them with linen and sweet oil, and poured wine and milk into him. The dawn was breaking when first he groaned. Giacomo went out to chop wood for splints, and as he worked in the silvery light heard a rattle of musketry away in the east. Bonaparte's day had begun. Pensive, Giacomo went back, and together--he had some practice and the priest some theory--they set Jean Dortan's legs. The pain of that woke him, and he opened dull eyes upon them and muttered, "My captain, my captain." There was something of mockery in Giacomo's smile. So they fed Jean Dortan again, and he sighed heavily and slept. Then they paused to feed themselves. While they ate the cannon roared from far. Giacomo arose. The fat priest looked at him timidly. "I go for more asses," said Giacomo. When he was gone and the din of the battery grew heavy, the priest knelt and prayed for all life. While the sky blanched from dark grey to pearl white Massena's division had sped away north. An hour later Augereau moved along the causeway through the marsh to Arcola. Massena's scouts clashed on the flank of the Austrian army, and to a patter of musketry the sun rose dull yellow out of the yellow plain. Massena thrust fiercely forward, hurled a brigade on the Austrian flank and brought the whole army to a halt. At the same moment Augereau came down upon their rear. It was well done, yet not well enough. Bonaparte had reckoned that the Austrians would be clear of the village of Arcola before Augereau was up with them. For once that lazy army had profit of its laziness. A brigade of Croats lingered stupidly in their quarters, and in their quarters Augereau caught them. It was the worse for him. The Croa...
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Very good. 'God of Clay' by H.C. Bailey (Ball, illust). Pub'd by Brentano's, New York. 1st printing of 1st U.S. edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Green cloth over boards, black stamped titles and pictorial design. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; very slight rubbing at spine ends-not split or frayed; few small, light bleached out spots on spine; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo, 382 pp; illustrated by Alec C. Ball. Cf, OCLC #8551049; LCCN 08030132.