The Astonishing History of Troy Town. Arthur Quiller-Couch

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664614377

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I.

       IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A STATE OF INNOCENCE; AND THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CUMEELFO".

       CHAPTER II.

       HOW AN ADMIRAL TOOK ONE GENTLEMAN FOR ANOTHER, AND WAS TOLD THE DAY OF THE MONTH.

       CHAPTER III.

       OF A BLUE-JERSEYED MAN THAT WOULD HOIST NO MORE BRICKS; AND A NIGHTCAP THAT HAD NO BUSINESS TO BE WHERE IT WAS.

       CHAPTER IV.

       OF CERTAIN LEPERS; AND TWO BROTHERS, WHO, BEING MUCH ALIKE, LOVED THEIR SISTER, AND RECOMMENDED THE USE OF GLOBES.

       CHAPTER V.

       HOW AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN, THAT HATED WOMEN, TOOK A HOUSE BY THE WATER-SIDE, AND LIVED THEREIN WITH ONE SERVANT.

       CHAPTER VI.

       HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION.

       CHAPTER VII.

       OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED: WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN.

       CHAPTER IX.

       OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT. AND HOW A DULL COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG.

       CHAPTER X.

       OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS.

       CHAPTER XI.

       OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES.

       CHAPTER XII.

       OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED THINGS.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TROY ENSUED AFTER PLEASURE IN BOATS.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       OF A LADY OF SENSIBILITY THAT, BEING AWKWARDLY PLACED, MIGHT EASILY HAVE SET MATTERS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT: WITH MUCH BESIDE.

       CHAPTER XV.

       HOW A LADY AND A YOUTH, BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR COMPANY, VISITED A SHIP THAT HELD NOTHING BUT WATER.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       OF STRATAGEMS AND SPOILS; AND THAT THE NOMINALISTS ERR WHO HOLD A THING TO BE WHAT IT IS CALLED.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       HOW ONE THAT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PAST SAW A VISION, BUT DOUBTED.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD START UPON A DARK ADVENTURE, BUT HAD TWO MINDS UPON IT.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       THAT A SILVER BULLET HAS VIRTUE: WITH A WARNING TO COMMODORES.

       CHAPTER XX.

       HOW CERTAIN CHARACTERS FOUND THEMSELVES, AT DEAD OF NIGHT, UPON THE FIVE LANES ROAD.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       THAT A VERY LITTLE TEA MAY SUFFICE TO ELEVATE A MAN.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       IN WHICH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO PUT A PERIOD TO THIS HISTORY.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       HOW ONE LOVER TOOK LEAVE OF HIS WITS, AND TWO CAME TO THEIR SENSES.