Author: Robert Franklin

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Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781331315315

Excerpt from The House of Brocklesby, and Other Poems: Dedicated to the Earl of Yarborough Mr Lord, The dedication of Poems to a Nobleman, (from an humble individual like myself, without his permission or knowledge) will, I am afraid, at first sight, appear a stretch of boldness and freedom on my part that may require explanation. Disclaiming the hypocrite, and actuated by the purest motives, I trust the following remarks will, in a great measure, vindicate my conduct, if not be found a sufficient apology. Had I not heard and known something of your lordship's liberality and kindness in patronising those in humble life, as well as those of more exalted station, several of the following ideas had never been brought into existence, through the fear that they might either have been treated with contempt, or considered little better than impertinence. 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.