Local Loiterings: And Visits in the Vicinity of Boston (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dix, John Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331728231 ISBN 13: 9781331728238

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Local Loiterings: And Visits in the Vicinity of Boston

There are many places of note, too, in the beautiful neighborhood of Boston, pregnant with interest, and hal lowed by association. Cambridge, for instance, with its University and her long list of learned sons, many of whose names shine like stars in the hemisphere of genius. Then there is Breed's hill, with its revolutionary associa tions, and Mount Auburn, with its chastening and pensive influences. Great national establishments, too, are in our neighborhood, each of which will well repay the trouble of a visit. Lowell and its factories are almost at our doors - in short, the material for a busy pen are plenty, and will be used up.' SO much by way of preface. And now having declared my intentions, may I beg the favor of the reader's com pany to mount auburn, which will form the subject of my next paper.

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Excerpt from Local Loiterings: And Visits in the Vicinity of Boston

The reader who may be inclined to keep my company whilst in this series of papers I shall go through the lengths and breadths of this populous city, must not expect to be entertained by startling tales or novel incidents. I have no 'Mysteries' of Boston to relate, no melodramatic doings to chronicle. I am a plain man, and shall have to do with plain matters, with common facts. If, therefore, the reader be willing, on these conditions, to 'lend me his ears,' well; but if records of every-day subjects, and chronicles of common things, possess no interest for him, we had better at once pursue different paths, than run the risk of falling out on our journey.

And it is really wonderful how many objects of interest lie in and about our daily paths, and how much amusement and instruction we might derive from them, if we would but slightly exercise our reflective faculties; we are too apt to fly in search of excitement to far-away scenes, forgetting that our sympathies may be more profitably enlisted by objects long familiar and near at hand.

About the Publisher

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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331728231
• ISBN 13: 9781331728238
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152