Descrição
Excerpt from The Loyalists, Vol. 2 of 3: An Historical Novel Aloved; she had leisure and opportunity to improve her taste m the fine arts and she was allowed that limited and distant view of the world which informs the mind and polishes the manners without endangering principle. Her exquisite beauty could not fail to attract attention but the scanty income of her father, and the prudence of Mrs. Mellicent, alike for bade that ir should be ostentatiously ex posed to the public eye. A few select friends were admitted as intimates, and only these knew that Dr. Beaumont had a superlatively lovely and enchanting daughter. She seldom appeared in public except at church, where her face was so shaded by her hood, that its attractions were rather guessed at than discovered. Thus this fair rose-bud expanded in the soil best suited to perfect its attractions, the sheltered vale of domestic privacy, where, unconscious of its super-eminence. 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.
Características
Peso | 0.53 Kg |
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Produto sob encomenda | Sim |
Marca | Forgotten Books |
I.S.B.N. | 133008585X |
Referência | 9781330085851 |
Altura | 22.86 cm |
Largura | 15.24 cm |
Profundidade | 2.08 cm |
Acabamento | Brochura |
Cód. Barras | 9781330085851 |
Ano da edição | 2018 |
País de Origem | Estados Unidos |
Autor | AUTHOR,UNKNOWN; Unknown,Author |