Reminiscences of My Life (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Reminiscences of My Life

Voyage to New York - Captain Cook - Jam tarts-purser and Coal-bunk - Cunard Courtesy - Divorces Procured American Generosity - Sail up the Hudson River - Four Angels without Wings - Soft Shell Crabs and Whoffles.

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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.

Excerpt from Reminiscences of My Life

Nationality - Ancestry - An Aunt's Elopement - My Uncle Proprietor of Harrow Coach - Favourite of the Boys - Slight Connection with Geordie Stephenson - A Herculean Altosoloist - First Introduction to the Theatre - Desire to Appear thereon - The Invisible Orchestra - "Sea" v. "Stage" - "Puritanical Objections" - Macready.

In my book, Student and Singer, I gave the place and date of my birth, but I did not give any account of "who I am" and "where I sprang from." As I have often been asked, I think I cannot do better than tell what I have learned about myself. In seeking the information, I had no other motive than to satisfy my curiosity about my name which, when a boy, I disliked very much, and often wished it had been Smith, or any other ordinary appellation. My father told me it was originally Sontley; that an ignorant ancestor had converted it phonetically into Sauntley; the "u" having been subsequently eliminated by another probably equally ignorant; moreover, that a large district with a manor-house, in the vicinity of Wrexham, at one time belonged to the family and bore the family name.

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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.