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Basil

Basil

Collins, Wilkie

Paperback

Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1536844551
ISBN13: 9781536844559
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Aug 2 2016
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When I returned home, it was thought necessary, as I was a younger son, and could inherit none of the landed property of the family, except in the case of my brother's dying without children, that I should belong to a profession. My father had the patronage of some valuable livings, and good interest with more than one member of the government. The church, the army, the navy, and, in the last instance, the bar, were offered me to choose from. I selected the last. My father appeared to be a little astonished at my choice; but he made no remark on it, except simply telling me not to forget that the bar was a good stepping-stone to parliament. My real ambition, however, was, not to make a name in parliament, but a name in literature.

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