The Shakespearian Referee

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The Shakespearian Referee: A Cyclopaedia of Four Thousand Two Hundred Words, Obsolete and ModernA love and veneration for Shakespeare's immortal crea tions, and a familiarity with the mass Of literature they have inspired, and which has found its expressions in every con ceivable form, In every country, and in every language Of the globe, for the past three hundred years, will be con ceded by the reader to the author of the following pages. A pure taste, a rare talent for research a liberal education, which included the study Of humanity in many of its ab stract principles, as well as in its intellectual phases, will also be appreciated by the thoughtful scholar and ardent student of Shakespeare. A mind Of such order, with a sin gular industry as to time and Opportunity, together with a memory as tenacious and clear at eighty-five as at eighteen, are certainly possessions Of no mean value, and should at least entitle the owner to a full share of public confidence in any work which he might see fit to publish. Such a store Of knowledge, gleaned' from such rich fields of thought before and after other reapers had reaped, that no grain Of fact or fancy Should be lost by which his-gift to posterity could be enriched, has been a cherished Object for many years of Mr. Siddons' life. But, alas! The hands which should have rounded to symmetry the work as it passed through the press are forever at rest. Death.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.