Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266202103
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)
Book Synopsis Lives of the English Poets, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) by : Samuel Johnson
Download or read book Lives of the English Poets, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the English Poets, Vol. 3 of 3 When he was about one-and-twenty being by the death 7 of Godwin Swift his uncle, who had supported him 3, left without subsistence, he went to consult his mother, who then lived at Leicester, about the future course of his life 4, and by her direction solicited the advice and patronage of Sir William Temple, who had married one of Mrs. Swift's relations, and whose father, Sir John Temple, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, had lived in great familiarity of friendship with Godwin Swift, by whom Jonathan had been to that time maintained 5. 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.