English EssaysFb&c Limited, 2015 M06 12 - 258 páginas Excerpt from English Essays As will be noticed in the Introduction, this volume professes to give nothing more than a selection from the most famous masters of the essay in its most characteristic form. Many noteworthy essayists are therefore omitted, Bacon on the one hand, Macaulay on the other. It seemed better that such a book as this should confine itself to some distinct kind or (to speak in imitation of science) species. Even in the field of the essay proper some masters are left out; Cowley, Steele, Johnson, Hazlitt certainly come not far behind those whose work is in this book. But here again it seemed best to confine our representation, that we might have enough of each one to be representative. 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. |
