Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of Sir Timothy Buncombe, Kt: And M. P. An Extra-Moral Biography Critics of my story, The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant, demanded my name in varying tones of menace, remonstrance, or entreaty. Here is a fellow daring to say, anonymously, what is in him, some said. Others cried, shocking, monstrous, cowardly, and what not. I take the present opportunity to thank these kind, earnest, virtuous, or angry persons for their most flatter ing curiosity, and to assure them that it is hard ...
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Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of Sir Timothy Buncombe, Kt: And M. P. An Extra-Moral Biography Critics of my story, The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant, demanded my name in varying tones of menace, remonstrance, or entreaty. Here is a fellow daring to say, anonymously, what is in him, some said. Others cried, shocking, monstrous, cowardly, and what not. I take the present opportunity to thank these kind, earnest, virtuous, or angry persons for their most flatter ing curiosity, and to assure them that it is hard to deny a request so widely made. One consideration alone prevents me from yielding to the promptings of a - let us hope - pardonable vanity. These critics have not told me their names. I am, therefore, as much in the dark as they are but, I hereby give them the assurance that when they reveal their great secret, I will not withhold my little 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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