Author(s): Charles Lever
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 662
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-03-14
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 37mm
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Illustrations: 27 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

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