The Rise and Progress of Sir Timothy Buncombe, Kt: And M. P. An Extra-Moral Biography
A. J. Wilson
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(Forgotten Books, Feb. 17, 2019)
Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of Sir Timothy Buncombe, Kt: And M. P. An Extra-Moral BiographyCritics of my story, The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant, demanded my name in varying tones of menace, remonstrance, or entreaty. Here is a fellow daring to say, anonymously, what is in him, some said. Others cried, shocking, monstrous, cowardly, and what not.I take the present opportunity to thank these kind, earnest, virtuous, or angry persons for their most flatter ing curiosity, and to assure them that it is hard to deny a request so widely made. One consideration alone prevents me from yielding to the promptings of a - let us hope - pardonable vanity. These critics have not told me their names. I am, therefore, as much in the dark as they are but, I hereby give them the assurance that when they reveal their great secret, I will not withhold my little one.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.