A. C. Stewart
The Discard: Being the Historical Remnants of a Rough Neck, Translated and Amended From the Original Canadian Vernacular and Done for the first Time Into Collateral English
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Jan. 22, 2018)
Excerpt from The Discard: Being the Historical Remnants of a Rough Neck, Translated and Amended From the Original Canadian Vernacular and Done for the first Time Into Collateral English
Now. As I had in the theatre seen people pay anywhere from twenty-five cents to five dollars to watch a made-up bunch of repeaters pull 03 a stunt of manufactured imita tion. And as I felt sure I had seen in real life, sounder hearts. Sillier dubs. Smoother scoundrels and meaner villains than ever trod a stage. I concluded that if I could with semi-lucid language exhibit them in a book I could hold the reader for an hour or two without over loading his brain or putting him in a torpor that would necessitate a doctor. Finally. Having been around a few curves and over some settled dumps within living memory. I decided to record a brief and truthful sum mary - with the co-relations and explanations necessary to elucidate and amplify them - of my patriotic eliorts at trying to get in.
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This 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.
Now. As I had in the theatre seen people pay anywhere from twenty-five cents to five dollars to watch a made-up bunch of repeaters pull 03 a stunt of manufactured imita tion. And as I felt sure I had seen in real life, sounder hearts. Sillier dubs. Smoother scoundrels and meaner villains than ever trod a stage. I concluded that if I could with semi-lucid language exhibit them in a book I could hold the reader for an hour or two without over loading his brain or putting him in a torpor that would necessitate a doctor. Finally. Having been around a few curves and over some settled dumps within living memory. I decided to record a brief and truthful sum mary - with the co-relations and explanations necessary to elucidate and amplify them - of my patriotic eliorts at trying to get in.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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
- 0243276893 / 9780243276899
- Pages
- 284
- Weight
- 13.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.6 in.
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