Memoir of Annie Keary (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Memoir of Annie KearyAt the time of Annie's birth her father was the rector of Bilton, her mother's own early home, and it was there, on the 3rd of March, 1825 - a genial third of March as it chanced to be that year, when snow drops and violets were making glad the nooks of the rector's quiet garden - that Annie Keary was born, being the sixth child in a family which already numbered four sons and one daughter. One can fancy how she might have pictured her surroundings in after years, looking back to the small first self opening, loving, wondering eyes upon the home. At once the young Spirit, could it have been conscious of such things, would have recognised the materials out of which many of its joyous fancies were here after to be woven. First there was Annie's father.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.