Anderson´s Cumberland Ballads and Songs
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from Anderson´s Cumberland Ballads and Songs: Centenary Edition, Edited, With Life of Anderson Notes Extracts from Autobiography: - "At six o´clock on the snowy morning of February 1st, 1770, I beheld the light of the world at the Damside, in the Parish of St. Mary, in the suburbs of the ancient city of Carlisle. I was a poor little tender being scarce worth the trouble of rearing, and was the youngest of nine children, born of parents getting up in years, who with all their kindred had been kept in bondage by poverty, hard labour and crosses. "At an early age I was placed in a Charity School, supported at that time by the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle for the Education of children only. Having studied my letters, the see-saw drone of the "Primer" and waded through the "Reading-Made-Easy," and "Dyche´s Spelling Book" I was now turned over to a long, lean, needy Pretender to Knowledge. He devoted much time to angling, and I was always selected to accompany him in those fishing expeditions. It was during those summer excursions that an attachment to rural scenery first stole over my mind. A love of nature grew in me from this period to manhood and such has been the influence of this passion for nature, that it has been the dearest wish of my heart to creep into retirement in the declining years of my life, and strike the strings of my feeble harp in the shades of peace. From this teacher I was removed by my parents to the Quaker´s School, under Mr. Isaac Ritson a very learned and ingenious man. "At the age of 10 years, I left school to try to earn a little to assist my father who was now very infirm. I was employed as a Calico Printer under my brother and my wages one and sixpence a week were presented to my beloved father. From infancy I was fond of drawing, especially animals, and to this amusement my evenings were chiefly devoted. 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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