Download or read book Elvira, the Nabob's Wife, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Monkland Monkland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elvira, the Nabob's Wife, Vol. 1 of 2 The rector, being himself a person of talent and erudition, took every possible ains to prepare his son for the University, who, on his part, inheriting his father's abilities, and being anx ious to distinguish himself, repaid his care by making the most rapid improvement; consequently, when he went to college, few young men of his own age could compete with him in classic lore, or, what is equally useful in the world, though perhaps not so highly estimated at the _university, general knowledge. 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.