Grandmamma's Relics: And Her Stories About Them (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Bowen, C. E.

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ISBN 10: 1331493226 ISBN 13: 9781331493228

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Edith Shook her head in a disbelieving manner, which rather irritated Tom, who was not accustomed to have his word doubted in this quarter at all events.

I tell you, Edith, I know I'm right, for I heard papa say Napoleon's relics were brought from St. Helena to Paris, to be buried there, - that meant his bones, of course. And I read in church last Sunday, on one of the monuments in the chance], that Dame Dorothy Burton, relic of Lionel Burton, lies there. Now, do you believe me?

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"Tom, do yon know what 'relics' are?" asked little Edith Yorke of her brother, a bright looking boy of about ten years old, to whom she looked up as a model of cleverness since he had begun Latin. Tom liked her to go to him for information; for it must be owned he had rather a high opinion of his own knowledge, the actual amount of which, as far as English was concerned, had better, perhaps, not be inquired into, for he was not a lad given to much reading.

"Relics - relics," said he; "let me see. Oh, I know. Relics are dead people's bones, and widows."

"Oh, Tom, are you quite sure?"

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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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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1331493226
• ISBN 13: 9781331493228
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200