Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His Philosophical Writings, Critical Estimates of His Essays, Analysis, Notes, and Queries for Students, and Select Portions of the Annotations of Archbishop Whately

Excerpt from Lord Bacon's Essays: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His Philosophical Writings, Critical Estimates of His Essays, Analysis, Notes, and Queries for Students, and Select Portions of the "Annotations" Of Archbishop Whately

The author, having annotated five of the English Poets - Milton, Young, Thomson, Cowper and Pollok the volumes of 'which are extensively used in the pro cess of education, an application was made to him a short time since by an earnest and experienced Teacher, to take up some of the older English Prose Classics, and perform a somewhat similar service in reference to them, with a View, chiefly, to make them useful in Schools for philological purposes - for acquiring a better knowledge and command of the English Language and Literature.

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