The Headsman - The Abbaye des Vignerons by James Fenimore Cooper
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The Headsman:
or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale By J. Fenimore Cooper. "How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done." Complete in One Volume. 1860. Introduction. Early in October 1832, a travelling-carriage stopped on the summit of that long descent where the road pitches from the elevated plain of Moudon in Switzerland to the level of the lake of Geneva, immediately above the little city of VĂ©vey. The postilion had dismounted to chain a wheel, and the halt enabled those he conducted to catch a glimpse of the lovely |
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