Fitzosbornes Letters

Author : William Melmoth
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ISBN 13 : 9781331980360
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Fitzosborne's Letters, on Several Subjects (Classic Reprint) written by William Melmoth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fitzosborne's Letters, on Several Subjects Biographical anecdotes abound but seldom in the circle described by a literary recluse, in the qualities he usually developes, or the exercises he prefers. Insulated from scenes of activity, habits of business, and an intercourse with the world, his days are spent in learned ease, his faculties absorbed in science, and his avocations filled with pursuits of taste. Wrapt up in the charms of speculation, and the soft intoxications of fancy, he is shy of the bustle that surrounds him, and shuns the ordinary collisions of society. It is not every one, be his parts and attainments what they may, who, like Johnson, memorable for transcendent ability, had the eminent felicity to unite singularity of exterior with gigantic strength of mind, access to the fashionable world, with a preference for the purest sublimities of morality, a taste for the relaxations and pleasantries of genteel life, with an inviolable adherence to the sternest duties of integrity, an austere manner, with exemplary humanity, and the boldness and faculty to vociferate alike in all companies, with the happy dexterity of never suffering himself to be embarassed, abashed, or put out, in any. 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.