The Romance of the Coast - Couverture souple

Runciman, Runciman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 131443778X ISBN 13 : 9781314437782

Editeur : HardPress Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The men and women of this colony looked differently and spoke a dialect different from that used by the country people only half a mile off. The names, too, of the pilot community were different from those of the surrounding population. Tully was the most common surname of all, and the great number of people who bore it were mostly black-eyed and dark-haired, quite unlike our fair and blue-eyed north-country folk. Antiquaries say the Romans must have lived on the spot for at least two hundred years, judging by the coins and the vast quantities of household materials unearthed; and so some persons have no difficulty in accounting for the peculiarities of the pilot colony. Speculations of this sort are, however, somewhat beside the mark. It is only certain that the pilots lived amongst themselves, intermarried, and kept their habits and dialect quite distinct. When a pilot crossed the line a hundred yards west of his house, hemet people who knew him by his tongue to be a foreigner.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Présentation de l'éditeur

At the mouth of a north-country river a colony of pilots dwelt. The men and women of this colony looked differently and spoke a dialect different from that used by the country people only half a mile off.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HardPress Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 131443778X
• ISBN 13: 9781314437782
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 238
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible