Origin and History of the Name of Brown
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Excerpt from Origin and History of the Name of Brown: With Biographies of All the Most Noted Persons of That Name, and an Account of the Origin of Surnames and Forenames, Together With Over Five Hundred Christian Names of Men and Women and Their Significance Now that we all have surnames, we are apt to forget that it was not always so. We cannot easily realize the time when John, Thomas and Andrew, Mary and Abigail, were each satisfied with a single name, nor reflect that the use of two is not a refinement dating from an obscure and unknown antiquity, but quite within the reach of record and history. Every name, no doubt, originally had a meaning, or was at first assumed or imposed from its real or supposed fitness, from some accidental circumstance, or from mere caprice. Each individual is distinguished from his fellows by his name. But for this system history and biography could scarcely exist. Our proper name is our individuality; in our own thoughts and in the thoughts of those who know us, they cannot be separated. Our names are uttered, and at once, whether in connection with blame or praise, with threat or entreaty, with hatred or love, we ourselves are affected by the ideas and feelings expressed. A few trifling words, in no way meant to apply to the man they describe, suffice to awaken the recollection of that man, his physical peculiarities, his moral character, and the most remarkable acts and events of his life; a few syllables will cause the tear to start afresh from the mother´s eye, after years of consolation and resignation to her loss; they will summon the tell-tale blush to the maiden´s cheek, and she immediately thinks her secret is discovered; they will make a lover´s heart beat more rapidly; rekindle the angry glance in an enemy´s eye; and in a friend separated from his friend, will renew all his past regrets and his fondest hopes. 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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