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Charles Lever

A Day's Ride: A Life Romance: To Which Is Added That Boy of Norcotts

Hardcover (Forgotten Books March 14, 2018)
Excerpt from A Day's Ride: A Life Romance: To Which Is Added That Boy of NorcottsMy father's great misfortune in life was the ambition to rise above the class his family had adorned for ages. He had, as he averred, a soul above senna, and a destiny higher than black drop. He had heard Of a tailor's apprentice becoming a great general. He had himself seen a wig maker elevated to the woolsack; and he kept continually repeating, Mine is the only walk in life that leads to no high rewards. What matters it whether my mixtures be addressed to the refined organization of rank, or the alum ilia rasaram? - I shall live and die an apothecary. From every class are men selected for honors save mine; and though it Should rain baronetcies, the bloody hand would never fall to the lot of a compounding chemist.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.
ISBN
0364553537 / 9780364553534
Pages
662
Weight
36.8 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 1.4 in.

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