Cumbriana or Fragments of Cumbrian Life (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Dickinson, William) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Cumbriana or Fragments of Cumbrian Life Some may lose a portion of their interest to the rising generations in the lapse of time, but all will aid in preserving a record of local legends and unwritten tales which are fast passing into oblivion; and they may also tend to enliven the hearth of many a family in the dullness of a long winters evening. If used in moderation, the reading may last over many weeks, and need interfere with no moral, household, or other duties in the rehearsal. Some three or four of the anecdotes have appeared in the local papers, and are inserted here, because they essentially belong to the county, and are worthy of revival. Some anecdotes may lose their point after the existence of the generation during which they took their rise; and that circumstance should be taken into account in reading a few of the following. There is a certain connection between the tale and the teller, or the originator of an anecdote, which heightens the interest, and if this link be broken by the absence or death of the person most concerned, and the reader or listener does not happen to have been acquainted with the peculiarities or drollery of the party, the anecdote suffers in proportion: and many will suffer from being read, instead of being delivered by the originator with his own emphasis and action. Some will be found of genuine wit. Many are ridiculous blunders, or simplicity personified; but all will aid in recording the manners and customs, or in furnishing illustrations of character, pertaining to the present, as well as to the times gone by. More anecdotes and amusing speeches have had their origin among the simple-hearted, and the lowly of the slow-speaking Cumbrians, than have arisen from the more elevated classes. 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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