Darien or the Merchant Prince (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Darien or the Merchant Prince The wanderer then resolved To pass the remnant of his days untask´d With needless services, from hardship free. His calling laid aside, he lived at ease. Vigorous in health, of hopeful spirits, undamp´d By worldly-mindedness or cank´rous care; Observant, studious, thoughtful, and refresh´d By knowledge gather´d up from day to day. Wodsworth. Lieutenant and M´Gregor served for many years in a gallant highland regiment. He had followed the colours over the world, and seen Australia´s sun shining on their honoured emblazonry at the moment when "the lassie that he lo´ed" was nestling on her midnight pillow in Old Scotland. She slept more calmly, in a narrower bed, before her highlander returned to claim her for his bride. Meanwhile, he had had his triumphs in the field, and had risen from the ranks on glory´s crimson steps to the eminence of lieutenancy. But his dearly-won honours had been so associated with his dead love, that all their value seemed buried in her grave. He sold his commission; and in resuming the dress of a civilian he resumed also his native dialect, which had been long painfully suppressed at the mess-table. The purchase of an annuity with the produce of his commission secured to him an ample supply for all his simple wants, and left him besides a wide margin for the charities in which his brave old heart delighted. Among strangers who might arrogate superiority, the veteran assumed a sort of defensive stiffness of demeanour, but to those of humbler manner or condition he was exceedingly urbane and gentle. 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.
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