Of the Inheritance of English Literature

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Excerpt from Of the Inheritance of English Literature: An Address Delivered Before the Miami Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Society, on the Evening of August 11, 1846 IN the discharge of the duty to which you have appointed me, upon this occasion, I design to bring before you a period of history, not often treated, and yet of some importance to the liter ature of our native tongue. Of the various eras recorded in our literary annals the more recent are well known. The great minds of the Commonwealth, of the days of Elizabeth, and of the great Reformation, have furnished the materials of many an eloquent discourse, but there was another age, prior to all these, yea, more than a century earlier than the last mentioned, which, in regard to the names by which it was honored, and the works it produced, was not inferior to many a one of greater notoriety, while, in at least one other respect, it is the most important of all. 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.