Life, Stories, and Poems of John Brougham: Comprising; I. His Autobiography a Fragment; II. A Supplementary Memoir; III. Sketch of His Miscellaneous Writings
William Winter
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(Forgotten Books, Dec. 2, 2017)
Excerpt from Life, Stories, and Poems of John Brougham: Comprising; I. His Autobiography a Fragment; II. A Supplementary Memoir; III. Sketch of His Miscellaneous WritingsWhat the individual characteristics were of those who immediately preceded me would scarcely interest any one to know; but, believing as I do in the hereditary trans mission of certain innate qualities, I may be permitted to indulge the vanity of saying, that, through the accident of birth, I happened to spring from a. Tolerably well - blooded stock, especially upon the female side.The paternal branch of our family tree was respectable enough, as far as the bearing of golden fruit could make it so but, indeed, I knew very little about it, as the then representative was furiously enraged with my father for marrying against his inclination having, moreover, aggra yated the crime by choosing a wife whose dower consisted in the wealth of womanly virtue only, one of the gen tlest, kindest, and most lovable souls that Heaven ever lent to earth for a while, my mother.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.