| | 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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