Chambers's Pocket Miscellany
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153968119
Paperback|9781153968119
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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. 1854. Excerpt: ... THE MAN WHO COULD NOT SAY--NO A STORY OF REAL LIFE. One of the most striking instances of a great and virtuous mind struggling heroically with adversity, which ever came under our observation, was exemplified in the conduct of a once wealthy merchant, whose misfortunes are still held in remembrance in the south of England. Mr Jonathan Travis, to whom we here allude, had realised a competent fortune in trade in the town of Bridport, and after years of honourable exertion, he retired from the busy scenes of life to a neat and ornamental villa in one of the most pleasing parts of Hampshire. Mr Travis carried with him to this retreat a character more than ordinarily free from stain. By those who knew him, ho was often styled ' Honest Jonathan Travis, ' a designation which followed him to that part of the country where he took up his residence, and where he soon acquired weight and consideration among his neighbours. Here, at Honniton Hall, in steady observance of all that society required of him, and attention to all that was due to himself, he appeared to glide amid enjoyments that he appreciated with thankfulness: above all, he was blessed with a wife whose every thought concentrated in the endeavour to render his home a scene that communicated gladness to his heart. Two children had quitted their parents' arms for the tomb, which told the sad bereavement; and though grief had passed heavily over the feelings of Mr and Mrs Travis, their equanimity was restored, and they passed their days in interchanges of kind offices with their friends, and of satisfaction with the world. Jonathan felt a pleasure in rendering services to another, and he was accustomed to say, 'that if there exist an individual who has not made another grateful, let him hasten to produce s...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153968119 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153968118 |
| Weight | 0.73 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 In |
| List Price | $21.51 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 220 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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