The Life of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Astley Cooper's Arrival At Yarmouth. His Propensity Fob Adventure Continues. His Narrow Escape In Yarmouth Church; In Yarmouth River. He Soon Becomes An Object Of General Observation In The Town. Devotes Himself To Amusement. Anecdotes. Mr. Sherrington's Account Of Astley Cooper At This Period....
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Astley Cooper's Arrival At Yarmouth. His Propensity Fob Adventure Continues. His Narrow Escape In Yarmouth Church; In Yarmouth River. He Soon Becomes An Object Of General Observation In The Town. Devotes Himself To Amusement. Anecdotes. Mr. Sherrington's Account Of Astley Cooper At This Period. Astley Cooper's Interruption Of The MarRiage Ceremony. Description op Bacon The Sexton Of Yarmouth At That Time, And His Wife. Astley CONFINED TO A ROOM DY HIS FATHER. Dr. COOPER'S Prediction Concerning Him. Astley Cooper's SensiBility Of Disposition. Miss Wordsworth. Astley Cooper's Ride To Howe. His Recollection In After LIFE OF THIS VlSIT. Mr. WlLLIAM COOPER's VlSITS To Yarmouth. Astley Cooper's Attention Directed To The Medical Profession. Witnesses An Operation BY Dr. DONNEE OF NORWICH. INFLUENCE OF THIS UPON Him. Anxiety To Visit The Metropolis. Astley Cooper was between twelve and thirteen years of age when he arrived at Yarmouth, in which town he remained for a period of about two years and a half, prior to his departure for London. He brought with him from Brooke all his propensity for mischief, and for some time, indeed, seems to have made use of the increased extent in size and population of his new place of residence, merely as a means of indulging more easily and on a larger scale in those levities?the offspring of a buoyant heartand thoughtless youth?which had already distinguished him in the more limited sphere he had just relinquished. It is to be observed, however, that these irregularities were never strictly opposed to the interests of virtue and honesty, nor, indeed, ever exhibited anything but repugnance to those mean, though less serious faults which often intrude into schoolboy 'sports and occupations: on the contrary, they are cha...