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- The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Astonishing History of Troy Town, by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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- THE ASTONISHING HISTORY OF TROY TOWN.
- by
- Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I.
- IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A STATE OF INNOCENCE; AND THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CUMEELFO".
- CHAPTER II.
- HOW AN ADMIRAL TOOK ONE GENTLEMAN FOR ANOTHER, AND WAS TOLD THE DAY OF THE MONTH.
- CHAPTER III.
- OF A BLUE-JERSEYED MAN THAT WOULD HOIST NO MORE BRICKS; AND A NIGHTCAP THAT HAD NO BUSINESS TO BE WHERE IT WAS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- OF CERTAIN LEPERS; AND TWO BROTHERS, WHO, BEING MUCH ALIKE, LOVED THEIR SISTER, AND RECOMMENDED THE USE OF GLOBES.
- CHAPTER V.
- HOW AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN, THAT HATED WOMEN, TOOK A HOUSE BY THE WATER-SIDE, AND LIVED THEREIN WITH ONE SERVANT.
- CHAPTER VI.
- HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION.
- CHAPTER VII.
- OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED: WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN.
- CHAPTER IX.
- OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT. AND HOW A DULL COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG.
- CHAPTER X.
- OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS.
- CHAPTER XI.
- OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES.
- CHAPTER XII.
- OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED THINGS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TROY ENSUED AFTER PLEASURE IN BOATS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- OF A LADY OF SENSIBILITY THAT, BEING AWKWARDLY PLACED, MIGHT EASILY HAVE SET MATTERS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT: WITH MUCH BESIDE.
- CHAPTER XV.
- HOW A LADY AND A YOUTH, BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR COMPANY, VISITED A SHIP THAT HELD NOTHING BUT WATER.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- OF STRATAGEMS AND SPOILS; AND THAT THE NOMINALISTS ERR WHO HOLD A THING TO BE WHAT IT IS CALLED.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- HOW ONE THAT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PAST SAW A VISION, BUT DOUBTED.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD START UPON A DARK ADVENTURE, BUT HAD TWO MINDS UPON IT.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- THAT A SILVER BULLET HAS VIRTUE: WITH A WARNING TO COMMODORES.
- CHAPTER XX.
- HOW CERTAIN CHARACTERS FOUND THEMSELVES, AT DEAD OF NIGHT, UPON THE FIVE LANES ROAD.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THAT A VERY LITTLE TEA MAY SUFFICE TO ELEVATE A MAN.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- IN WHICH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO PUT A PERIOD TO THIS HISTORY.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- HOW ONE LOVER TOOK LEAVE OF HIS WITS, AND TWO CAME TO THEIR SENSES.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- OF THE BEST HELLEBORE; AND AN EXPERIMENT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT OF TWINS.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- WHICH ENDS THE STORY OF TROY.
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