Excerpt from The Prestons Here are some mornings in early summer when it seems to me that the beauty of things wakes me and calls to me. I make a hasty toilet and go gently downstairs before any of the family is up, and take possession of my house and all that belongs to it. The new-washed aspect of the earth and the long inverted shadows of early morning and the crystal freshness give the world a legendary aspect. Every time I see life from the vantage of dawn, I vow never again to miss the first morning rapture of things ...
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Excerpt from The Prestons Here are some mornings in early summer when it seems to me that the beauty of things wakes me and calls to me. I make a hasty toilet and go gently downstairs before any of the family is up, and take possession of my house and all that belongs to it. The new-washed aspect of the earth and the long inverted shadows of early morning and the crystal freshness give the world a legendary aspect. Every time I see life from the vantage of dawn, I vow never again to miss the first morning rapture of things - and then I never waken early for a month of Sun days. 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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