Excerpt from Koningsmarke or Old Times in the New World, Vol. 1 of 2 Another sore obstacle in the way of the free exercise of genius, is for a writer ofhistorical no vcls, such as we have reason to suspect this will turn out to be, to embarrass his invention by an abject submission to chronology, or confine himself only to the introduction of such charac ters and incidents as really existed or took place within the limits of time and space comprised in the groundwork of his story. Nothing can he more evident than that this ...
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Excerpt from Koningsmarke or Old Times in the New World, Vol. 1 of 2 Another sore obstacle in the way of the free exercise of genius, is for a writer ofhistorical no vcls, such as we have reason to suspect this will turn out to be, to embarrass his invention by an abject submission to chronology, or confine himself only to the introduction of such charac ters and incidents as really existed or took place within the limits of time and space comprised in the groundwork of his story. Nothing can he more evident than that this squeamishness of the llltllol' must materially interfere with the in terest and variety of his work, since, if, as of ten happens, there should be wanting great cha racters or great events, coming lawfully within the period comprised in the said history, the author will be proportionably siinted in his ma. 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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