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The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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III. OF A BLUE-JERSEYED MAN THAT WOULD HOIST NO MORE BRICKS; AND A
NIGHTCAP THAT HAD NO BUSINESS TO BE WHERE IT WAS.

IV. OF CERTAIN LEPERS; AND TWO BROTHERS WHO, BEING MUCH ALIKE,
LOVED THEIR SISTER AND RECOMMENDED THE USE OF GLOBES.

V. HOW AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN, THAT HATED WOMEN, TOOK A HOUSE BY
THE WATERSIDE AND LIVED THEREIN WITH ONE SERVANT.

VI. HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A
CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION.

VII. OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE.

VIII. HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED:
WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN.

IX. OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT: AND HOW A DULL
COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG.

X. OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS.

XI. OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND
THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES.

XII. OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED
THINGS.

XIII. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN
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