Peter Simple (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1440037531 / ISBN 13: 9781440037535

Published by Forgotten Books, 2009

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Synopsis: The great advantage of being the fool of the family-my destiny is decided, and i am consigned to a stockbroker as part of his majesty's ska-stock-unfortunately for me me . handycock is a bear, and i get very little dinner.
If I cannot nar jale a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess : and, if I do not rise in the estimation of the reader for acts of gallantry and devotion in my country's cause, at least I may claim the merit of zealous and persevering continuance in my vocation. We are all of us variously gifted from Above, and he who is content to walk, instead of to run, on his allotted path through life, although he may not so rapidly attain the goal, has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival.
As well as I can recollect and analyse my early propensities, I think that, had 1 been permitted to select my own profession, I should in all probability have bound myself apprentice to a tailor ; for I always envied the

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About the Author: 1792-1848

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Title: Peter Simple (Classic Reprint)
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New