Specimens of English Prose-Writers, Vol. 1 of 3: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, With Sketches Biographical and ... Their Authors, With Occasional Criticisms, &C

Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose-Writers, Vol. 1 of 3: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Their Authors, With Occasional Criticisms, &CMoreover, the work comprises an account of, and extracts from, most of the ancient chroniclers. And historians who have written in English.The principles by which I have generally been influenced in my choice of extracts have been, to select passages curious or remarkable, as relating directly to the subject of language; as possessing intrinsic value as examples of style; as characteristic of the author; or as distinctive of the manners and sentiments of the age. In writers of continuous reasoning.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.