Sir John Constantine - Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756

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Title: Sir John Constantine Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad And Particularly In The Island Of Corsica:
Beginning With The Year 1756
Author: Prosper Paleologus Constantine
Editor: "Q" (A. T. Quiller-Couch)
Release Date: April 6, 2005 [EBook #15565]
Language: English
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SIR JOHN CONSTANTINE.
MEMOIRS OF HIS ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE ISLAND OF
CORSICA: BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 1756.
WRITTEN BY HIS SON PROSPER PALEOLOGUS OTHERWISE CONSTANTINE AND EDITED BY "Q" (A. T.
QUILLER-COUCH).
"For knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre
He ought himself for to make sure and strong
Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for a woman's sake."
TO THE READER
A hundred and fifty episodes, two sermons, and a number of moral digressions, have been omitted from this story.
The late ingenious Mr. Fett (whose acquaintance you will make in the following ...