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Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose Writers, From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 of 3: With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as Their Authors, With Occasional Criticisms, &C 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose Writers, Vol. 2 of 3: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, With Sketches, Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Other Authors; With Occasional Criticisms, &C The topics which now kindled the ardour of the most accomplished scholars, were enquiries into the practices and maxims of the primitive ages; the nature of civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction; the authority of scripture and tradition; of popes, councils, and school-men - topics, which, from prejudice and passion, as well as from their want of philosophic habits of discussion, they were unable to treat with precision. One of the first effects of the reformation was, that the revenues of the clergy were seized under pretence of zeal for religion. Even the students of the universities were deprived of their exhibitions and pensions; so that Roger Ascham complains, in a letter to the marquis of Northampton, dated 1550, that the grammar schools throughout England will be ruined; and that the universities themselves must speedily become extinct. At Oxford, both professors and pupils deserted the schools; and academical degrees were abolished as antichristian. 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose Writers, From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2 of 3: With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books, as Well as of Their Authors; With Occasional Criticisms, &C 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose-Writers, Vol. 2 of 3: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Their Authors; With Occasional Criticisms 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose Writers, From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 3 of 3: With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Their Authors; With Occasional Criticisms, &C Auto-biography was begun by lord Herbert: of Cherbury; and continued by various roliv gions enthusiasts, who commenced the praetice of keeping diaries. Of these, I believe, archbishop Laud's is the first and the custom has descended to Whitfield and Wesley of modern times. 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose-Writers, From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Their Authors, Vol. 3 of 3: With Occasional Criticisms, &C 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.
Excerpt from Specimens of English Prose-Writers, From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 1 of 3: With Sketches Biographical and Literary, Including an Account of Books as Well as of Their Authors; With Occasional Criticism, &C Moreover; the work com prises an account of, and extracts from, most Of the ancient chroniclers and historians who have written in English. 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.
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