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Excerpt from The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem, in Six Cantos IT feems to be a kind of duty incumbent on thofe who devote themfelves to poetry, to raife, if pofi'rble, the dignity of a declining art, by making it as beneficial to \life and manners as the - limits of compofitioh, and the character of modern times, will allow. The ages, indeed, are paf't, in which the fong of the poet was idolized for its miraculous efi'efz's yet a poem, intended ...

Excerpt from Poems and Plays, Vol. 5 of 6 Tbougb not in its Execution, more noble tban tbc mo¿ beautiful and refined Satire can be. Bye bave feen it. 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 or...

Plays of three acts - Written for a private theatre is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1784. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. H...

Excerpt from An Essay on Epic Poetry: In Five Epistles to the Revd, Mr. Mason, With NotesSuch dark decrees have letter'd Bigots penn'd Yet feiz'd that homor'd name, the Poet's Friend. But Learning from her page their laws will blot.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses stat...

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Excerpt from A Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids, Vol. 2 of 3On Old Maids after the Chrifiian fera and the Saints who have Written Pancgyrics upon Virginity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the ...

Excerpt from The Life and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esq., Vol. 2To them I owe it, that my translation, as fast as it proceeds, passes under the revisal of a most accurate discerner of all blemishes. I know not whether I told you before, or now tell you for the first time, that I am in the hands of a very extraordinary person. He is. Intimate with my bookseller, and voluntarily offered his ser vice. I was at first doubtful, whethe...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley, Esq.: The Friend and Biographer of CowperThe Author of the following Work is so well known by his various compositions, and especially by his Life of Cowper, that if an anecdote connected with the delivery of it to the public was not too remarkable to be omitted, a preface might be dispensed with, on the present occasion.The anecdote is this - In consequence of an arrangement wit...

Excerpt from The Life of John Milton: With Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost Inprefixing your name to this volume, I feel and confefs the double in¿uence of an affectionate and of an ambitious defire to honor you and myfelf, Our loft and lamented Friend gibbon has told us, I think very truly, in dedicating a juvenile work to his Father, that there are but two kinds of Dedications, which can do honor either to the Patron or the Author...

Excerpt from Poetical Works of William Hayley, Esq., Vol. 3 of 3 For the boldnefs of an attempt, which has no modern precedent to plead in its behalf, fome apology may be due to the Public. 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...

Excerpt from The Young Widow, or the History of Cornelia Sedley, Vol. 4 of 4: In a Series of LettersAm once more, my dear Edmund, ia~ Genoa, after pa¿ing a road whofc mountainous horrors furpa¿'ed' agony thing that I was led to peas froni report, dad I had chofen it in one of my gigrkeft humoursr'becaufc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is...

John Haley directly addresses questions surrounding common misunderstandings of Scripture.

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