Rambles Roundabout: And Poems - Couverture souple

Wilde, George James De

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1437097154 ISBN 13 : 9781437097153

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

""Rambles Roundabout: And Poems"" is a collection of essays and poems by George James De Wilde, originally published in 1872. The book contains a series of personal reflections on various topics, including nature, travel, and social commentary. The essays are written in a conversational style, with Wilde sharing his thoughts and observations on the world around him. The collection also includes a number of original poems by Wilde, which explore themes of love, loss, and the beauty of the natural world. Overall, ""Rambles Roundabout: And Poems"" offers a glimpse into the mind of a Victorian-era writer, as he contemplates the joys and challenges of life in the 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Mtraamm MF, according to the old proverb, those nations are the happiest which have no history, I think it may be stated with even greater truth that those lives are happiest whose records are least fnll of incidents. Each man seeks his oym happiness after his own fashion. But to me, from such observation as I have made, it does not seem that to have been an actor in great events; to have experienced many vicissitudes of fortune; to have known many men and many cities, adds much to the sum of, human happiness. Be this as it may, there were few lives more devoid of incident; more uneventful; more even in the tenor of their way, than that of the author of these Rambles Roundabout. Yet, looking back upon long years of intimate acquaintance and constant intercourse, I may say that I have never known any one to whom the epithet Happy might be more truly given. Such, I deem, must have been the impression lefb on the minds of all who knew him; and this record, brief and meagre as it necessarily is, would yet be wanting in its first duty, should it fan to convey if the metaphor may be pardoned me a certain reflection of the sunniness of a life so barren of events, so placid in its outward course. George James De Wilde was bom in London in the year 1804. His family wefre of Dutch origin, his grandfather having emigrated from Holland during the troubles in the close of the last century. His father was a painter of considerable reputation in his own line. The stage in the reign of George
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1437097154
• ISBN 13: 9781437097153
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Éditeur: Dicey Sir Edward
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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