Walter Thornley, or a Peep at the Past (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Walter Thornley, or a Peep at the Past In the village of Ashton, which, in order to avoid curious surmises as to personalities, as well as critical investigations as to accurate topography, it need only be said, was within the bounds of Massachusetts, there lived at the period to which the commencement of the following tale refers - 1780 - a person of the name of Grafton. He had but recently become a resident of the place - a fact in itself of not much importance, but which had excited no small speculation among his neighbors. The residence Mr. Grafton had chosen was, indeed, little suited to his previous habits and associations. A traveled man, a scholar, and a gentleman without a family, it might well be supposed, could find few inducements to adventure into a rude settlement, in the vicinity of which the savage yet lingered. Still there was no mystery in the case. It was simply an instance of idiosyncrasy. He had, though yet in the prime of life, seen the world, had participated in its pleasures, had not escaped its trials, and had not withheld himself from its duties. But a nervous dislike of the restraints and demands of society, co-operating with a reserved temper and health not robust, had led him to seek in retirement the enjoyment of his favorite pursuits, which he could not disguise to himself was as selfish as impracticable in the busier haunts of men. 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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