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A Voyage round the World, by W.H.G. Kingston
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Title: A Voyage round the World A book for boys
Author: W.H.G. Kingston
Release Date: October 17, 2007 [EBook #23074]
Language: English
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A Voyage round the World, A book for boys, by W.H.G. Kingston.
CHAPTER ONE.
MY HOME, AND HOW I LEFT IT.
The day arrived. A post-chaise stood in front of the old grey manor-house. I have it all before me. The pointed gables--the high-pitched, dark weather; stained roof--the numberless latticed windows--the moat, now dry, which had once served to keep out a body of Cromwell's horse--the tall elms, which had nestled many a generation of rooks--the clump of beech trees, and the venerable wide-spreading oak-- the broad gravelled court on one side, and the velvety lawn on the other, sloping away down to the fine, large, deep fish-pond, whose waters, on which I had obtained my first nautical experiences, as seen through the green foliage, were sparkling brighter than ever under the deep blue of the summer sky.
At the hall door were assembled all those I loved on earth--and dearly, too, I loved