Author: Alice I. Hazeltine

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-20

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780365084945

Excerpt from A Study of William Shenstone and of His Critics: With Fifteen of His Unpublished Poems and Five of His Unpublished Latin Inscriptions; A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Wellesley College T 0 be misunderstood and misjudged, and in consequence slighted or scorned, is perhaps a common fate of human beings and especially of minor authors. To render even belated justice in such a case is a pleasant and honorable task. Having ample material for the purpose renders the undertaking doubly pleasant and kindles the hope that it may be effective. The fact that the chief judge in error has been regarded by most of his contemporaries, by many of his successors, and emphatically by himself, as the well-nigh infallible oracle of his age, gives added zest to the work. 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.