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The Dayspring

William Francis Barry · 1903 · Scanned text · Free in the US

97,866 words · about 6 h 51 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
William Francis Barry
Language
English
Published
1903
Length
97,866 words · about 6 h 51 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (4)
  1. Front matter about 2 min
  2. Dedication about 1 min
  3. Contents about 1 min
  4. Chapter I about 6 h 48 min

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Front matter

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Dedication

This day last year I was walking in Paris with a French poet of rare distinction and a French priest, an accomplished man of letters, who had heard, as a child, in 1870, the cannon thundering at Mezieres. We crossed from the Rue de Rivoli into a pleasant garden, where the sun shone and the river ran by, stately monuments all around. " Where did the Tuileries stand ? " the priest demanded of me. I had seen the Palace in its Imperial days, and yet a second time, when it was nothing save burnt walls and gaping windows. Now I looked for its place in vain.

To the priest and the poet I inscribe this Romance

which was born in that moment. Will they

Contents

I. An Exile of Erin II. The Rue Bonaparte .

III. Lethe's Wharf

IV. Velasquez Tells a Story .

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