Goldsmiths History Of Rome Abridged By Himself

Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259413899
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Goldsmith's Roman History written by Oliver Goldsmith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself; For the Use of Schools The reasons of my choice were, that no history of this splendid period in our language, but what was either too voluminous for common use, or too meanly written to please. Catron and Rouille's History, in six volumes folio, transla ted into our language by Bundy, is entirely un suited to the time and expense mankind usually, chuse to bestow upon this subject Rollin, and his continuator Crevier, making above thirty vo lumes octavo, seem to labour under the same putation as likewise Hooke, who has spent three quartos upon the republic alone, the rest of his. undertaking remaining unfinishedflt There only.' therefore remained the History by Echard, in. Five volumes octavo, whose plan and mine seem' ed to coincide; and, had his execution been: equal to his design, it had precluded the present; undertaking. But the truth is, it is so poorly writ ten, the facts so crouded, the narration so spirit less, and the characters so indistinctly marked, that the most ardent curiosity must cool in the perusal and the noblest transactions that ever warmed the human heart, as described by. Him must cease to interest. 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.