Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley (Classic Reprint)

Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Mary Lesley Ames

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-16

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781528065283

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Excerpt from Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley IT has been my desire in writing this Memoir to give a lifelike impression of my father and mother. They were unusually full of vitality, their interests were varied, and their affections strong and constant. Any account of them which did not show their abundant strength of mind and heart would be of little value. The most direct and natural way to accomplish this end has seemed to be the use of their own intimate correspond ence, since by self-revelation rather than by the description of others is the most vivid impression of personality made. Fortunately we had for use not only the long series of their letters, but also a large number of letters to intimate friends. 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.

Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Mary Lesley Ames

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-17

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780266412083

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Excerpt from Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley, Vol. 2 of 2 MY father had been for some time failing in health. Whether the excitement of his three delightful months in Boston, was more than his always delicate nervous organiza tion could endure, or whether there were other causes, the fact is clear that soon after his return to Philadelphia in the spring of 1866 he became very ill. He then planned to go abroad for a few months, but as summer approached he became stronger and gave up the idea. All through this season, however, he continued to suffer much with distressing nervous and brain symptoms, and also with bodily weakness, until it was evident that rest from mental labor must be had at any cost. My mother sought the advice of the best physicians in Philadelphia, and each' counselled an entire abandonment of work, change of scene, and a mild climate. Difficult as it was to afford such things, my mother decided at once that they must be obtained. After a few days of preparation they sailed on October 6, for Havre, in the Ville de Paris, in the hope that a year of absence from all that could remind him of his work, might restore his powers. 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.

Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley

Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley PDF

Author: Mary Lesley Ames

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-27

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781330242261

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Excerpt from Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley It has been my desire in writing this Memoir to give a lifelike impression of my father and mother. They were unusually full of vitality, their interests were varied, and their affections strong and constant. Any account of them which did not show their abundant strength of mind and heart would be of little value. The most direct and natural way to accomplish this end has seemed to be the use of their own intimate correspondence, since by self-revelation rather than by the description of others is the most vivid impression of personality made. Fortunately we had for use not only the long series of their letters, but also a large number of letters to intimate friends. It is always difficult to decide how much or how little of a private correspondence it is proper to give to the public in such an undertaking. But, if a true picture is to be shown, family reserve must be thrown aside to some extent, and something more than the mere chronicle of events or the statement of abstract opinions must be included. In preparing these volumes, I have had it constantly in mind that they would be read by many friends for whom everything that related to my father and mother would have interest, and perhaps on that account I have included more than would have been done for an impersonal public. The method of portraiture by means of letters has the disadvantage of lack of continuity in any particular subject. But what it lacks in that respect it gains in vividness. And, since I have not so much wished to make a full record of the external events of their lives as to give a faithful picture of their personalities, I have felt this method to be best fitted to my purpose. 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.

Peter and Susan Lesley (Classic Reprint)

Peter and Susan Lesley (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Charles Gordon Ames

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781527954106

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Excerpt from Peter and Susan Lesley It is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment. - hebrews ix. 27 (rev. Every day, by Speech or in silence, we pass judgment upon our fellows; and, when they die, we sum up our little imperfect knowledges, mixed with guesses and impressions, and pronounce a qualified sentence of praise or blame for the deeds done in the body This fact of itself has made thought ful men in all ages regard death as a solemn crisis in the history of a man. It is the closing of a chap ter, the making up and balancing of an account. Our moral sense, in its small way, affirms that every man must at last pass for what he is, when his life is reviewed and his character scrutinized by the All-seeing. 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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