Passages From the Diary of a Late Physician, 1844, Vol. 2
Samuel Warren
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(Forgotten Books, Dec. 2, 2017)
Excerpt from Passages From the Diary of a Late Physician, 1844, Vol. 2It was several minutes before he could disengage himself from the embraces of his mother, who laughed and wept by turns, and uttered the most passionate exclamations of joy and affection. Oh, that your poor old father could see you! She sobbed, and almost cried herself into hysterics. Young Beau champ was deeply moved with this display of parental tender ness. He saw and felt that his mother's whole soul was bound up with his own; and with the rapid resolutions of youth, he had, in five minutes, changed the whole course and scope of his life - renounced the pleasures of London, and resolved to come and settle on his estates in the country, live under the proud and fond eye of his mother, and, in a word, tread in the steps of his father. He felt suddenly imbued with the spirit of the good old English country gentleman, and resolved to live the life of one. There was, however, a cause in operation, and powerful operation, to bring about this change of feeling, to which I have not yet adverted. His cousin, Ellen Beauchamp, happened to be thought of by her aunt as a fit person to be staying with her when her son arrived. Yes - the little blue eyed girl with whom he had romped fifteen years ago, now sat beside him in the bloom of budding womanhood - her peachy cheeks alternately pale and flushed, as she saw her cousin's en~ quiring eye settled upon her, and scanning her beautiful pro portions. Mr Beauchamp took the very first opportunity he could seize of asking his mother, with some trepidation, whe ther Ellen was engaged.I think she is not, replied his delighted mother, bursting into tears, and folding him in her arms but I wish somebody would take the earliest Opportunity of doing so.Ah, hal - Then she's Mrs Beauchamp, junior! Replied her son with enthusiasm.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.