Cornubia A Poem

Author : George Woodley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332809991
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Cornubia written by George Woodley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cornubia: A Poem in Five Cantos, Descriptive of the Most Interesting Scenery, Natural and Artificial, in the County of Cornwall Muses -he has certainly fulfilled all that he contemplated, and all, he hopes, that the gentle reader will require. In adopting this method of describing the scenery of Com wall, it has been judged expedient, for the sake of greater perspicuity, to divide the County into five portions, each of which forms the subject of a distinct Canto. But it would be too much to expect that the writer should rigidly confine himself to mere geographical niceties, and pursue his re searches with lineal precision, following only the course of the map and the regular succession of objects on the different coasts. On the contrary, he has ventured, and, as no ia convenience can arise from the circumstance, he thinks it na necessary to apologise for it) - to trike great liberties in this respect, as might best suit the nature and design of the poem. Thus, the Canto entitled the Southern Coast ends at Fal mouth, and the remainder of the interesting scenery on the South (or rather South - Western) frontier, is noticed in another division of the work. He has also given what may be termed a bird's - eye view of scenes which, though they may well be supposed to present themselves to the gaze of the Muse in the manner hereinafter described, cannot be thus viewed by any other sight. To mention those things licie, will, it is hoped, obvi ate every objection that might otherwise be brought against their occurrence. 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.