Excerpt from Home: A Novel, Vol. 1 of 5OW tiresome bad, weather is in the country! Said Lady Ornville, one morning, as she sat with her husband and daughter at Ornville Abbey I wish this was Sir Jacob Rich's birth-day; 'tis a festival only which can dispel the gloom of such weather. Con stantia, continued she, addrefsing Mifs Orn Ville, who was employed with her needle, bring the backgammon-table -i'll try what.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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