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Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, 1863-1944

"The Astonishing History of Troy Town"


VI. HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A
CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION.
VII. OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE.
VIII. HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED:
WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN.
IX. OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT: AND HOW A DULL
COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG.
X. OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS.
XI. OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND
THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES.
XII. OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED
THINGS.
XIII. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF TROY ENSUED AFTER PLEASURE IN BOATS.
XIV. OF A LADY OF SENSIBILITY THAT, BEING AWKWARDLY PLACED, MIGHT
EASILY HAVE SET MATTERS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT; WITH MUCH BESIDE.
XV. HOW A LADY AND A YOUTH, BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR COMPANY,
VISITED A SHIP THAT HELD NOTHING BUT WATER.
XVI. OF STRATAGEMS AND SPOILS; AND THAT THE NOMINALISTS ERR WHO
HOLD A THING TO BE WHAT IT IS CALLED.
XVII. HOW ONE THAT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PAST SAW A VISION, BUT
DOUBTED.
XVIII. OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD START UPON A DARK ADVENTURE, BUT
HAD TWO MINDS UPON IT.


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