An Only Son

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Excerpt from An Only Son: A NarrativeFor his own good purpose it hath pleased Providence to temper the cup both Of joy and Of sorrow to his creatures. A feeble 'frame, sinking under the ailments Of infancy, darkened the delight Of the parents in their little boy. The cares Of an anxious nurse impaired the delicate constitution of his mother. The fam ily removed from E and fixed their resi dence at the farm-house. There my brother died, and there was I born, soon after the day Of his interment.Though not by nature sickly, I was far from robust. The diseases Of childhood crowded upon me ere I had collected strength to sustain their pressure with firmness. Nothing short of a miracle, it was thought, could have borne me through. Maternal tenderness, living but for the helpless, was the instrument by which that miracle was effected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.