A Literary History of the English People (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Literary History of the English People Many histories have preceded this one man) others will come after. Such is the charm of the subject, that volunteers Will never be lacking tc undertake this journey so hard, so delightful too. As years go on, the journey lengthens: Wider grows the field, further advance the seekers, and from the top of unexplored headlands, through morning mists, they descry the outlines of countries till then unknown. They must be followed to realms beyond the grave, to the silent domains of the dead, across barren moors and frozen fens, among chill rushes and briars that never blossom, till those Edens of poetry are reached, the echoes of Which, by a gift of fairies or of muses, still vibrate to the melody of 'voices long since hushed. 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.