Years Ago A Tale Of West Indian Domestic Life Of The Eighteenth Century

Author : Mrs. Henry Lynch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428971304
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Years Ago written by Mrs. Henry Lynch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Years Ago: A Tale of West Indian Domestic Life of the Eighteenth Century I think, however, he is chiefly given to Natural History and Botany, of which latter he has taught me a little; and my sisters already quiz me so much that I am ashamed, as Papa says, to call things by their right names. Only last night, when I ventu d to speak of our South Sea Rose as the Nerium, they said the discordant sound of such an appellation took away half the beauty of the flower. They did not agree with' the old adage, that A rose called by any other name smells just as sweet. My father, too, has published one or two works, which have taken greatly with the English public. Some of the reviewers expressed their surprise that a West Indian wrote so well. I do not think this was very complimentary, as the fact of being bom under a tropical sun does not generally deaden the senses; and my father has a clear, quick mind. 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.