Excerpt from Fragments, in Prose and Verse The favour with which memoirs and letters are generally received by the public, has encouraged the production of a great many biographical works, written on very differ ent principles, and which must be perused with very different feelings. The delight with which every friend of science and virtue reads the life of Sir William Jones, of Dr.' Beattie, of Mr. Cowper, or of Mrs. Carter, can furnish no excuse for publica tions, in which some of the most vicious. About the Publisher ...
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Excerpt from Fragments, in Prose and Verse The favour with which memoirs and letters are generally received by the public, has encouraged the production of a great many biographical works, written on very differ ent principles, and which must be perused with very different feelings. The delight with which every friend of science and virtue reads the life of Sir William Jones, of Dr.' Beattie, of Mr. Cowper, or of Mrs. Carter, can furnish no excuse for publica tions, in which some of the most vicious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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