, buttheyarealmosttheonlyrecordwehaveofthatportionofhiscareerand, therefore, apartfromtheirliterarymerits, , asitwasinthosedays, isremarkablyaccurate, buttherevisionswhichthestoryofWilliamWilsonwentthroughbeforeitreacheditspresentperfectstatecausedmanyoftheauthor’ “old, irregular, andcottage-built”dwelling, andsoitremaineduntilitsdestructionafewyearsago.
Thesoi-disantWilliamWilson, referringtothosebygonehappydaysspentintheEnglishacademy, says,
"'sawakening, thenightlysummonstobed; theconnings, therecitations, theperiodicalhalf-holidaysandperambulations, theplayground, withitsbroils, itspastimes, itsintrigues—these, byamentalsorcerylongforgotten, weremadetoinvolveawildernessofsensation, aworldofrichincident, auniverseofvariedemotion, ofexcitementthemostpassionateandspiritstirring, ‘Oh, lebontemps, quecesiècledefer!’”
FromthisworldofboyishimaginationPoewascalledtohisadoptedparents' homeintheUnitedStates.HereturnedtoAmericain1821, andwasspeedilyplacedinanacademyinRichmond, Virginia, , notwithoutreputationonaccountofhisEuropeanresidence, handsome, proud, andregardedastheheirofawealthyman, , notonlybyhisclassicalattainments, butbyhisathleticfeats—accomplishmentscalculatedtorenderhimaleaderamonglads.
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