Download or read book Records and Reminiscences Personal and General (Classic Reprint) written by Francis C. Burnand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Records and Reminiscences Personal and General I have been informed, and repeat the information, on the authority of an ancient mariner over eighty years of age, and of his corroborator, an old Deal pilot, that on November 29, 1836, there was experienced on the sea coast the greatest gale of the last century. Its effects were especially felt all along the south-eastern coast, and Ramsgate, which as a rule escapes the full force of the worst weather, was not on this occasion exceptionally favoured. If stars and planets give omens, then may the winds and waves be credited with forecasting events, and that the wind was raised to such an extent on the day of my birth may in some way account for the difficulty I have experienced in raising the wind ever since I arrived at such an age as compelled my recognition of necessity as the prolific mother of invention. I think that on Novem ber 29, 1836, all the wind that could be raised was raised, and, there being no storage of force in my special behoof, the supply was then and there, as far as concerned my cm'sse, exhausted. It was very flattering, but scarcely considerate, of the winds to honour my birth with a grand blow-out. 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.