The Whiteboy A Story Of Ireland In 1822 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Whiteboy, Vol. 1 of 2: A Story of Ireland, in 1822 The evening was so mild and genial, that the ladies continued to linger on deck long after they had passed the entrance of the picturesque river, and the shores of Wales and Devon were growing. Dim in the approach ing twilight. The passengers, as usual, were divided into small knots; turning their thoughts to any subject in the hope of avoiding, or at least postponing, the pay ment of a tax extorted from all who are new to ocean dangers. As the night drew on, the less daring gra dually disappeared, the deck became thinner and thin ner, and the few who remained, seemed determined to enjoy the invigorating sea-breeze, and the gentle light of the new moon, as far preferable to the close atmo sphere and limited space of the over-crowded cabin. 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.