This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...At the end of two months, he was sent home in deep disgrace for gross misconduct. Though this was a severe mortification to his father and to the whole family, yet the course pursued towards him seems to have been unjustifiably severe, and even cruel. "Immediately on my return home," continues Mr. Soon, " I was set to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...At the end of two months, he was sent home in deep disgrace for gross misconduct. Though this was a severe mortification to his father and to the whole family, yet the course pursued towards him seems to have been unjustifiably severe, and even cruel. "Immediately on my return home," continues Mr. Soon, " I was set to do, as well as I could, the most laborious and dirty parts of the work belonging to a grazier. On this I entered at the beginning of winter; and as much of my father's farm consisted of low land, which was often flooded, I was introduced to scenes of hardship, and exposed to many dangers from wet and cold, for which my previous habits had not prepared me. In consequence I was frequently ill, and, at length, suffered such repeated and obstinate maladies that my life was more than once despaired of. Yet a kind of indignant, proud self-revenge, kept me from complaining of hardship; though of reproach and even of reproof, I was impatient to the greatest degree of irascibility. After a few untoecessful attempts, my father gave up all thoughts of placing me out in any other way; and for above nine years I was nearly as entire a drudge as any servant or laborer in his employ; and almost as little known beyond the circle of immediate neighbors. My occupation was generally about the cattle, and particularly in the spring season. In ihis sen-ice I learned habits of hardiness in encountering all sorts of weather, (for the worse the weather, the more needful it was that I should be with the sheep, ) which have since proved useful to me; and though I was not kept from learning many vices, I was out of the way of acquiring habits of ease and indulgence, as I should otherwise, probably, have done. My situation, however, led me to associate with...
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Good. First edition. Good ex-librarywith a cracked front hinge, wear at the spine ends and corners, front free endpaper missing, ink notations on the front pastedown and endpaper.
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