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Excerpt from Block Island: A Hand-Book, With Map, for the Guidance of Summer Visitors, Telling How, to Reach That Pleasant Little Place of Resort, and What to Do on Getting There
Then, too, there are the butter?ies Of fashion who seek to know what ?owers of idle pleasure, folly and excitement bloom without the too familiar pale of local society; the folks who find the city lonely when every one else has gone; the design ing mothers of marriageable daughters; the designing daugh ters whose mothers let them go alone; the impecunious and de signing but otherwise eligible young man; and even more artful adventurers of both sexes, who thrive upon the weaknesses of mankind, and go to places Of rendezvous for their prey.
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Then, too, there are the butter?ies Of fashion who seek to know what ?owers of idle pleasure, folly and excitement bloom without the too familiar pale of local society; the folks who find the city lonely when every one else has gone; the design ing mothers of marriageable daughters; the designing daugh ters whose mothers let them go alone; the impecunious and de signing but otherwise eligible young man; and even more artful adventurers of both sexes, who thrive upon the weaknesses of mankind, and go to places Of rendezvous for their prey.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Ben Mush
Hardback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331161915
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 64
Paperback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332342174
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 66
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