Philip Colville, or a Covenanter's Story

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Excerpt from Philip Colville, or a Covenanter's Story: UnfinishedIT was on a calm clear day at the end of April, in the year 167 9, that young Colville of Arron dale, and his gray-haired servant, Adam Yule, after having spent several preceding days in ri ding from London, as the manner of the times was, crossed the Border, and again, after an ah sence of six years, entered their native Scotland. This day's journey had commenced early, and though Colville had frequently checked his horse, and slackened his pace for a time, on recollect ing the riding powers of his attendant, still his anxiety to reach Torriswood, the residence of the guardian of his younger years, before sunset, had made it more rapid than was altogether agree able to poor old Adam. This want of consider.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.