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The Adventures of Francois

By Silas Weir Mitchell

2019-01-17 23:07:40

In the summer of the year 1777 a lad of about ten years, clad in a suit of gray, was playing in the high-walled garden of the Benedictine Asylum for Orphans in Paris. The sun was pleasant, the birds sang overhead, the roses were many, for the month w ... Read more
In the summer of the year 1777 a lad of about ten years, clad in a suit of gray, was playing in the high-walled garden of the Benedictine Asylum for Orphans in Paris. The sun was pleasant, the birds sang overhead, the roses were many, for the month was June. A hundred lads were noisily running about. They had the look of being well fed, decently clothed, and kindly cared for. An old priest walked to and fro, at times looking up from his breviary to say a pleasant word or to check some threatening quarrel. Less

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File size1254.488 KB
Print pages346
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2016-05-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1360129808
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States February 15, 1829 Died: January 04, 1914 Genre: Professional & Technical, Health, Mind & Body, Historical Fiction Silas Weir Mitchell was an ...

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