Merrie England in the Olden Time
Complete Edition (Vol. 1&2)By George Daniel
Length14h 1m
About this audiobook
"Merrie England in the Olden Time" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by the English author George Daniel that features a long series of gossipy papers on old books and customs. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
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"Youth is the season of ingenuousness and enjoyment, when we desire to please, and blush not to own ourselves pleased. At that happy period there is no affectation of wisdom; we look only to the bright and beautiful: we inquire not whether it be an illusion; it is sufficient that fairy land, with its flowers of every hue, is the path on which we tread. To youth succeeds manhood, with its worldly prudence: then we are taught to take nothing, not even happiness, upon trust; to investigate until we are lost in the intricacies of detail; and to credit our judgment for what is due only to our coldness and apathy. We lose all sympathy for the past; the future is the subject of our anxious speculation; caution and reserve are our guardian angels; and if the heart still throb with a fond emotion, we stifle it with what speed we may, as detrimental to our interests, and unworthy our new-born intelligence and philosophy. A short acquaintance with the world will convince the most sanguine that this stage is not the happiest; that ambition and mercenary cares make up the tumultuous scene; and though necessity compel a temporary submission, it is good to escape from the toils, and breathe a purer air. This brings us to another period, when reflection has taught us self-knowledge, and we are no longer overwise in our own esteem. Then returns something of the simplicity that characterized our early days. We welcome old friends; have recourse to old amusements, and the fictions that enchained our youthful fancy resume their wonted spell."
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length14 hrs 1 min
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Publish dateSep 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION.
17CHAPTER II.
2CHAPTER I.
18CHAPTER III.
3CHAPTER II.
19CHAPTER IV.
4CHAPTER III.
20CHAPTER V.
5CHAPTER IV.
21CHAPTER VI.
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6CHAPTER V.
22CHAPTER VII.
7CHAPTER VI.
23CHAPTER VIII.
8CHAPTER VII.
24CHAPTER IX.
9CHAPTER VIII.
25CHAPTER X.
10CHAPTER IX.
26CHAPTER XI.
11CHAPTER X.
27CHAPTER XII.
12CHAPTER XI.
28CHAPTER XIII.
13CHAPTER XII.
29CHAPTER XIV.
14CHAPTER XIII.
30CONCLUSION.
15CHAPTER XIV.
31APPENDIX.
16CHAPTER I.
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