James MacPherson: An Episode in Literature (Classic Reprint)LULU Press, 27 apr 2018 - 250 pagina's Excerpt from James Macpherson: An Episode in Literature But if an amnesty be suggested for him, it must be preceded by several admissions. It is too late to maintain, as Mr. Bailey Saunders and Mr. Eyre-todd have done in recent books and essays, that he was injured and calumniated, the victim of prejudice and unreasoning ill-will. If the world be asked to choose between him and Samuel Johnson, it will declare at once for the latter. 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. |
