The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: F Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013584954
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Pages : 478

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Diva's Ruby

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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265361023
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Excerpt from The Diva's Ruby: A Sequel to Primadonna and Fair Margaret There is a ruby mine hidden in the heart of the moun tains near a remote little city of Central Asia, unknown to European travellers; and the secret of the treasure belongs to the two chief families of the place, and has been carefully guarded for many generations, handed down through the men from father to son; and often the children of these two families have married, yet none of the women ever learned the way to the mine from their fathers, or their brothers, or their husbands, none excepting one only, and her name was Baraka, which may perhaps mean 'blessed'; but no blessing came to her when she was born. She was much whiter and much more beautiful than the other girls of the little Tartar city; her face was oval like an ostrich egg, her skin was as the cream that rises on sheep's milk at evening, and her eyes were like the Pools of Peace in the Valley of Dark Moons; her waist also was a slender pillar of ivory, and round her ankle she could make her thumb meet her second finger; as for her feet, they were small and quick and silent as young mice. But she was not blessed. 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.

The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: F Marion 1854-1909 Crawford
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355194989
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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465553304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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There is a ruby mine hidden in the heart of the mountains near a remote little city of Central Asia, unknown to European travellers; and the secret of the treasure belongs to the two chief families of the place, and has been carefully guarded for many generations, handed down through the men from father to son; and often the children of these two families have married, yet none of the women ever learned the way to the mine from their fathers, or their brothers, or their husbands, none excepting one only, and her name was Baraka, which may perhaps mean 'Blessed'; but no blessing came to her when she was born. She was much whiter and much more beautiful than the other girls of the little Tartar city; her face was oval like an ostrich egg, her skin was as the cream that rises on sheep's milk at evening, and her eyes were like the Pools of Peace in the Valley of Dark Moons; her waist also was a slender pillar of ivory, and round her ankle she could make her thumb meet her second finger; as for her feet, they were small and quick and silent as young mice. But she was not blessed. When she was in her seventeenth year a traveller came to the little city, who was not like her own people; he was goodly to see, and her eyes were troubled by the sight of him, as the Pools of Peace are darkened when the clouds lie on the mountain-tops and sleep all day; for the stranger was tall and very fair, and his beard was like spun gold, and he feared neither man nor evil spirit, going about alone by day and night. Furthermore, he was a great physician, and possessed a small book, about the size of a man's hand, in which was contained all the knowledge of the world. By means of this book, and three small buttons that tasted of mingled salt and sugar, he cured Baraka's father of a mighty pain in the midriff which had tormented him a whole week. He brought with him also a written letter from a holy man to the chiefs of the town; therefore they did not kill him, though he had a good Mauser revolver with ammunition, worth much money, and other things useful to believers.

The Diva's Ruby

The Diva's Ruby PDF Author: Francis Marion Crawford
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Library Catalog of Books Belonging to the Reformatory

Library Catalog of Books Belonging to the Reformatory PDF Author: Indiana. Reformatory
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Languages : en
Pages : 272

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