Studies in Early English Literature (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Studies in Early English Literature I DO not purpose more in this book than a general sketch of so wide a subject as Early English Litera ture. It is my aim to jot down some thoughts gath ered from my own reading, and to breathe into them some of my love for the study of this subject. To say any thing new I cannot hope, scarce to state any thing freshly, one fears nowadays to criticise even the simplest ballad, lest some one who loved it no better, but who fortunately wrote fifty years sooner, should have said the same things about it. And yet one is always better for a breath of fresh air, and this may perhaps excuse my venturing to speak of our earlier. 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.