The Complete Works, Vol. 4 of 4

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Excerpt from The Complete Works, Vol. 4 of 4: In Verse and Prose of Andrew Marvell Opposite this is the original title-page of "Mr. Smirke, &c., " For full notices of the Author vindicated in it - Bishop Croft - and other details, see our Preface and Memorial-Introduction in Vol. II. Second only to 'The Rehearsal Transpros'd, ' this masterly book, which is brimful of rare and scholarly reading and the. most sparkling wit, has been hitherto given with extreme inaccuracy. The Author himself in the original edition says almost pathetically, "The Erratas are too many to be corrected, " and intending to correct one the reference to it is misprinted: e.g. "But p. 71 ult Eighth is to be struck out" - where no such error appears. Nevertheless by a recurrence to the text of 1676, numerous errors of Captain Thompson and others are corrected. As an Appendix Bp. Croft's "Dedication" is added from Captain Thompson's edition. G. 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.