The Story of Thomas Ellwood (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Story of Thomas Ellwood Thomas Ellwood was the younger son of a man named Walter Ellwood. The Ellwood family had once been rich, but, owing to many causes, had become poorer and poorer, until the grandfather of Thomas Ellwood and the father of Walter retrieved the fallen condition of the family by marrying the only child of Walter Gray, whose name and whose estate passed into the possession of Walter Ellwood. Perhaps you do not know that, in England, it is the custom for the eldest son of a family to have all the money and lands, left by the father when he dies. The oldest brother may spend his time in luxury and idleness, while the others are obliged to work very hard, sometimes, to procure themselves the means of living, even without much comfort. The sisters have small legacies left to them, or are left dependent upon the generosity of their brothers. 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.