Old Leeds

Excerpt From Old Leeds: Its Byegones And Celebrities By An Old Leeds Cropper. Little Did I Once Imagine That I A Radical Having Imbibed The Politics Of A Cropping-Shop And Who Shouted Till I Was Hoarse For Milton In The Great Contest Of 1807; Little I Say Did I Then Anticipate Living To Be Aggrieved At A Too Rapid Progress Outstripping My Wishes My Ideas And My Affections. The Destruction Of Middle Row And The Moot Hall Was To Me The Rending Of A Link 'That Joined The Age To Which I Belonged To The One Into Which My Life Had Extended. It Has Since Required A Struggle To Control My Feelings Whenever I Gazed Upon The Blank From Kirkgate End To Briggate Top. Such Was The Effect Of This Great And Long Lasting Trouble That I Was Unnaturally Callous On The Subsequent Re-Building Of The Old Church; Though Inconsistently Enough I Have Ever Felt Spite At The Gales Of January 1839.. 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.