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Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks: Abridged From His Life Compiled by His Son Uring this period he retained his fondness for literary pursuits, and often beguiled the tedi ousness of his laborious solitude by thoughts of future literary distinction. Hence he spent much of his leisure in reading such books as he could procure, and probably would have made considerable proficiency had he met with proper encouragement. But in addition to the want of suitable books, he was continually subjected to the frowns and reproaches of his father, which induced him often to quit his books for low and abandoned company. The discontent that cor roded his mind during several of these years, was extreme, and increased his natural harsh ness, thus rendering him a great temptation and trial to his father, and others about him, to whom he generally behaved very disrespectfully. After some time,' however, he became more reconciled to his lot, and concluded that though for his misconduct at Alford he was treated more harshly than others of the family, yet he should eventually be provided for as a grazier; and in consequence of this reżection, waking dreams of other pursuits, became less vivid in his mind. He had only one surviving brother,. Who was well situated on a farm; his father was. 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.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Biography & True Stories Biography: general

• Plný název: Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks
• Podnázev: Abridged From His Life Compiled by His Son (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: John Scott
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 238
• EAN: 9781333443207
• ISBN: 133344320X
• ID: 14199841
• Nakladatelství: Forgotten Books
• Hmotnost: 325 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 13 mm
• Datum vydání: 02. September 2016

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