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Bracebridge Hall
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Title: Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
Author: Washington Irving
Release Date: September 23, 2004 [EBook #13515]
Language: English
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL
OR
THE HUMORISTS
BY
WASHINGTON IRVING
"Under this cloud I walk, gentlemen; pardon my rude assault. I am a traveller, who, having surveyed most of the terrestrial angles of this globe, am hither arrived, to peruse this little spot."
--CHRISTMAS ORDINARY.
CONTENTS.
VOLUME ONE.
THE HALL
THE BUSY MAN
FAMILY SERVANTS
THE WIDOW
THE LOVERS
FAMILY RELIQUES
AN OLD SOLDIER
THE WIDOW'S RETINUE
READY-MONEY JACK
BACHELORS
WIVES
STORY-TELLING
STOUT GENTLEMAN
FOREST TREES
LITERARY ANTIQUARY
THE FARM-HOUSE
HORSEMANSHIP
LOVE SYMPTOMS
FALCONRY
HAWKING
SAINT MARK'S EVE
GENTILITY
FORTUNE-TELLING
LOVE-CHARMS
THE LIBRARY
STUDENT OF SALAMANCA
VOLUME TWO.
ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMEN
BACHELOR'S CONFESSIONS
ENGLISH GRAVITY
GYPSIES
MAY-DAY CUSTOMS
VILLAGE WORTHIES
THE SCHOOLMASTER
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