Some years before my beard announced approaching manhood, or, in other words, when I was neither man nor boy, but between both, I expressed in repeated conversations a strong desire of seeing the world, from which I was discouraged by my parents, though my father had been no inconsiderable traveller himself, as will appear before I have reached the end of my singular, and, I may add, interesting adventures. A cousin, by my mother's side, took a liking to me, often said I was fine forward youth, and was much inclined to gratify my curiosity. His eloquence had more effect than mine, for my father consented to my accompanying him in a voyage to the island of Ceylon, where his uncle had resided as governor many years.
Kup ten ebook, a 1 kolejny otrzymasz GRATIS!
Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9788822855862 ● Rozmiar pliku 0.7 MB ● Wydawca Rudolf Erich Raspe ● Opublikowany 2016 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 5123039 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM