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The Complete Works Of Mark Twain - 1889 - CONTENTS PAGE..... PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii A WORD ......... 1 . CAMELOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xo 11. KING ARTHURS COURT .......... 13 111 . KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND ....... 21 ZV. SIR DINADAN THE HUYORIST ........ 29 V . AN INSPIIUTION ............. 34 VI. TEE EUIPSE .............. 42 V11 . MERLINS TOWER ............. 51 V111 . THE DOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 IX . THE TOURNAMEHT ............ 68 X . BEGININGS OF CIVILIZATION ........ 76 XI . TE YANE IN SEAHCII OF ADYENTURES ... 82 XI1 . SLOW TORTURE ............. 93 XI11 . FWEMEY OF EXPLANAOY I ............ .......... ............. . . 99 XIV . -FEND TEEE. LORU 110 XV . SAYS TALE 116 XVI . MORGAN LE PAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 XVII . A ROYAL BANQUET ........... 136 XVIII . IN THE QUEENS DUNGEONS ........ 148 XIX KNIGHT-BRUNTRY AS A WE 162 ....... XX . THE Ocaes CASTLE 167 ........... XXI . THE PILGRIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 XmI . THE HOLY FOUNTAIN . . . . . . . . . . . 194 XXIII . RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN ....... 208 XXIV . A RIVAL MAGICIAN . . . . . . . . . . . 219 V . A COMTITIVE EXAMINATION . . . . . . . . 233 EHhP . XXVI.......... 249 TB Fnsr NEVSPAPER XXVII . Tan YANKFIE ASD tFlE N G A V E L INCOGXITO 263 m111 . DRILLING THE ENC . . . . . 274 XXIX THE SMALLPOX HUT . ......... 280 XXX . TUE TRAGEDY OF TUE ANOR OR-ROUSE .... 289 XXXI . MARCD ............... 3 XXXII . DOEYS HUILIATIOY ......... 313 XXXIII . SXTHTURY PTICAL ECOSOMY . 322 XXXIV . THE YANKEE AND THEN SOLD GAS SLAVES . 338 - PREFACE - THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are aIso historic. It is not pretended that these lam and customs existed in England in the sixth century no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in infemng that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently Med by a worse one. The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of kings is not settled in this hk. It was found too difficult. That the executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and ext raorhry ability, was manifest and indisputable that none but the Deity could select that head unerringly, was also manifest and indisputable that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was likewise manifcst and indisputable consequently, that He does make it, as claimed, was an unavoidable deduction, I mean, until the author of this book encountered the Pompadour, and Lady Castlemaine.............

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• Plný název: Complete Works Of Mark Twain; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• Autor: Mark Twain
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 444
• EAN: 9781443705592
• ISBN: 9781443705592
• ID: 03171369
• Nakladatelství: Read Books
• Hmotnost: 561 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 25 mm
• Datum vydání: 25. August 2008

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