Poetical Works Preface To The Tales

Author : George Crabbe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332572444
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book George Crabbe's Poetical Works written by George Crabbe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from George Crabbe's Poetical Works: Preface to the Tales George crabbe was born at Aldborough, a small coast town in Suffolk, on the'24th of December, 1754. His family was obscure, but in competent circumstances the result of industry and application, and of an apt-11688 for business, which appears to have characterized the race in general. The grandfather of the Poet, who, as far as any genealogical record has determined, was the founder of the race, was at one time engaged in'the service of the Government in the department of the Customs. The majority of the Poet's brothers em barked in a seafaring career - in every case with success, but, nevertheless, with somewhat untoward issue. The Poet himself, who was the eldest of his generation, had, oddly enough for the son of a man who could barely read, or who had only been partly self-educated, a preference for learning rather than for physical em ployments, especially such as coast-cruising. At a very early age George Crabbe was accordingly despatched to school, at a place called Bungay, in order that this lite rary predisposition, which the father had not failed to observe, might have a fair opportunity of being developed; where, however, it was very nearly smothered by the exemplary method of punishment reserved by the illus trions pedagogue of the Bungay Establishment for Young Gentlemen, From this academy young Crabbe was removed to one of greater pretensions, when about twelve years old; and under his second tutor, he certainly appears to have acquired considerable attainment. 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.