The Duke of Monmouth (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Duke of Monmouth (Classic Reprint) written by Gerald Griffin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Duke of Monmouth To the eye of the mountain-bred Scot, the display of fertility, of luxuriance, and of agricultural wealth, which the country soon presented far and near, had rather the character of a region of enchantment, such as he might have found in the gorgeous romances of the preceding century, than that of a soil made prolific by human hus bandry. The numerous sheep-pens in the fields on either side the road, the thick woods that clambered to the very summit of the neighbouring heights, the hep-gar dens, and extensive fields of grain that chequered the face of the surrounding lands; and diversity of scene through which the road conducted them, now Winding up a height overarched with thickest verdure, now lead ing down on a small cluster of farm - houses close nestling in a woody hollow, now offering a wide view of some highly cultivated champaign, now running through a sharp and narrow defile, - all afforded a continual sub ject of admiration to Mr. Fullarton and his children, and of silent satisfaction to his wife, who was herself a native of the country into which they were advancing. 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.