| | 1 | Author: | Brown, Charles Brockden | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist  | | | | Published: | 1996 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | I WAS the second son of a farmer, whose place of residence was a western
district of Pennsylvania. My eldest brother seemed fitted by nature for the
employment to which he was destined. His wishes never led him astray from the
hay-stack and the furrow. His ideas never ranged beyond the sphere of his
vision, or suggested the possibility that to-morrow could differ from today. He
could read and write, because he had no alternative between learning the lesson
prescribed to him and punishment. He was diligent, as long as fear urged him
forward, but his exertions ceased with the cessation of this motive. The limits
of his acquirements consisted in signing his name, and spelling out a chapter in
the bible. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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