Excerpt from The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 of 2 Literam'a. With aids so abundant, the author has still, in no in stance, sacrificed his own judgment to the opinion of others; but has endeavored, in all cases, to present such views of the Litera ture and Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, as truth and j astice seemed to require aiming, throughout, to leave a correct impression of the moral influence which the life of each author, and each work noticed, is calculated ...
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Excerpt from The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1 of 2 Literam'a. With aids so abundant, the author has still, in no in stance, sacrificed his own judgment to the opinion of others; but has endeavored, in all cases, to present such views of the Litera ture and Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, as truth and j astice seemed to require aiming, throughout, to leave a correct impression of the moral influence which the life of each author, and each work noticed, is calculated to produce. He can not, however, withhold an expression of the deep solicitude with which he offers so important a production to the public; and in the language used by Burke under similar circumstances, he would 'desire one favor, that no part of this work may be j udged of by itself, and independently of the rest; for he is sensible he has not disposed his materials to abide the test of a captions con troversy, but of a sober and even forgiving examination; that they are not armed at all points for battle, but dressed to those who are willing to give a peaceful entrance to truth.' 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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