Lavengro: A New Edition Containing the Unaltered Text of the Original Issue; Some Suppressed Episodes Now Printed for the First Time; Ms. Variorum, Vocabulary and Notes by the Author of the Life of George Borrow (Classic Reprint)
Lavengro: A New Edition Containing the Unaltered Text of the Original Issue; Some Suppressed Episodes Now Printed for the First Time; Ms. Variorum, Vocabulary and Notes by the Author of the Life of George Borrow (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Lavengro: A New Edition Containing the Unaltered Text of the Original Issue; Some Suppressed Episodes Now Printed for the First Time; Ms. Variorum, Vocabulary and Notes by the Author of the Life of George Borrow It is my firm belief that certain individuals possess an inherent power, fascination, over certain creatures, otherwise I should be unable to accot for many feats which I have witnessed, and, indeed, borne a share in, cc nected with the taming of brutes and reptiles. I have known a savage, a vicious ...
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Excerpt from Lavengro: A New Edition Containing the Unaltered Text of the Original Issue; Some Suppressed Episodes Now Printed for the First Time; Ms. Variorum, Vocabulary and Notes by the Author of the Life of George Borrow It is my firm belief that certain individuals possess an inherent power, fascination, over certain creatures, otherwise I should be unable to accot for many feats which I have witnessed, and, indeed, borne a share in, cc nected with the taming of brutes and reptiles. I have known a savage, a vicious mare, whose stall it was dangerous to approach, even when beari provender, welcome, nevertheless, with every appearance of pleasure, uncouth, wiry-headed man, with a frightfully seamed face, and an iron ho supplying the place of his right hand, one whom the animal had never se before, playfully bite his hair and cover his face with gentle and endeari kisses; and I have already stated how a viper would permit, without reser ment, one child to take it up in his hand, whilst it showed its dislike to t approach of another by the fiercest hissings. Philosophy can explain ma] strange things, but there are some which are a far pitch above her, and tl 1s one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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