The Complete Poems of Dr. Joseph Beaumont (1615-1699), Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The Complete Poems of Dr. Joseph Beaumont (1615-1699), Vol. 1 of 2: For the First Time Collected and Edited, With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, and Portrait, &C, Leicestershire family of that name, ' though, ' he observes, his immediate relations, like those of Lawrence Bretton, were engaged in the cloth-trade here.'1 The though was scarcely called for, seeing that earlier and later it was deemed no staining of bluest blood to engage in an honest trade. Then merchant prince' was no misnomer, for the noblest in intellect and achievement were England's buyers and sellers. It had been better for our nation if the grand old tradi tion had been kept up instead of the nonsense that trade lowers, and that only idleness (often impoverished) leaves gentle descent uncontaminated. The great Queen herself was avowedly a foremost trader.' 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.