Philip Colville, or a Covenanter's Story: Unfinished (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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IT was on a calm clear day at the end of April, in the year 167 9, that young Colville of Arron dale, and his gray-haired servant, Adam Yule, after having spent several preceding days in rid ing from London, as the manner of the times was, crossed the Border, and again, after an ah sence of six years, entered their native Scotland. This day's journey had commenced early; and though Colville had frequently checked his horse, and slackened his pace for a time, on recollect ing the riding powers of his attendant, still his anxiety to reach Torriswood, the residence of the guardian of his. Younger years, before sunset, had made it more rapid than was altogether agree.
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IT was on a calm clear day at the end of April, in the year 167 9, that young Colville of Arron dale, and his gray-haired servant, Adam Yule, after having spent several preceding days in rid ing from London, as the manner of the times was, crossed the Border, and again, after an ah sence of six years, entered their native Scotland. This day's journey had commenced early; and though Colville had frequently checked his horse, and slackened his pace for a time, on recollect ing the riding powers of his attendant, still his anxiety to reach Torriswood, the residence of the guardian of his. Younger years, before sunset, had made it more rapid than was altogether agree.
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- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781333677848
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages284
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