The Village Curate And Other Poems Including Some Pieces Now First Published

Author : James Hurdis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484466738
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book The Village Curate written by James Hurdis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Village Curate: And Other Poems; Including Some Pieces Now First Published The Rev. James hurdis was born at Bishop stone in the county Of Sussex, in the year 1763. He was the third child, and only son, Of James Hurdis, Gent. By his second wife, whom he mar ried in the year 1759. His father dying, and leaving his mother in no affluent circumstances, with seven children, our Author was at her ex pense sent to school in the city of Chichester, at the age of eight years, first under the tuition of the Rev. Richard Tireman, an instructor whom he sincerely respected and afterwards under the Rev. John Atkinson, for whose memory and lite rary abilities he had the highest veneration. And as a mark Of Mr. Atkinson's esteem for his pupil, he, bequeathed to him at his death a handsome legacy of valuable books. Here our Author also experienced the protection of his affectionate. 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.