The English Anthology, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The English Anthology, Vol. 1Wortley montague, mrs. Barber, and miss mary jones, will be kind enough to communicate them to the publifher, in order that the feleétions from thofe poets may be duly arranged: and even the births of sir john haring'i'on, duke, sir samuel garth, fenton, broome, and somer vile, may be made ufe of in a future edition, fhould the collection be found to deferve it. One fhould indeed have naturally concluded that thefe important faéts, for fuch the birth and death of a man of merit or eminence un doubtedly are, would be found in the lives that have been written Of almof't all the perfons juil named, but, in ¿iort, many Of thefe lives, even in the excellent biographical prefaces Of Dr. Johnfon, may be carefully perufed without betraying even the century in which the author made (0 diftinguiihed a figure - Any fuggef tion, at the fame time, for the improvement.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.