If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply, I, John Ridd, of the parish of Oare, in the county of Somerset, yeoman and churchwarden, have seen and had a share in some doings of this neighborhood, which I will try to set down in order, God sparing my life and memory. And they who light upon this book should bear in mind not only that I write for the clearing of our parish from ill fame and calumny, but also a thing which will, I trow, appear too often in it, to wit-that I am nothing more than a plain unlettered man, not read in foreign languages, as a gentleman might be, nor gifted with long words (even in mine own tongue), save what I may have won from the Bible or Master William Shakespeare, whom, in the face of common opinion, I do value highly. In short, I am an ignoramus, but pretty well for a yeoman.
- | Author: R. D. Blackmore
- | Publisher: E-Artnow
- | Publication Date: Jul 03, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 388 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 8027343356
- | ISBN-13: 9788027343355
- Author:
- R. D. Blackmore
- Publisher:
- E-Artnow
- Publication Date:
- Jul 03, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 388 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 8027343356
- ISBN-13:
- 9788027343355