The British Essayists, Vol. 19

Excerpt from The British Essayists, Vol. 19: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical Colleagues had anticipated all the subjects fit for a popular essay: that he might indeed aim varying or improvin what had been said before, but could stan no chance of being esteemed an original writer, or of striking the imagination by new and unexpected re żections and incidents. He was likewise, per aps, aware that he might be reckoned, what he about this time calls himself, a retired and uncourtly scholar, unfit to describe, be cause precluded from the observation Of refined society and manners. 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.