Opis: Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia (Classic Reprint) - Johnson Samuel

Excerpt from Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia<br><br>Samuel Johnson was born on September 18, 1709, in the old house that still stands at the corner of the market-place in Lichfield, and died on December 13, 1784, in Bolt Court, Fleet Street. The birth of the son of a small country bookseller passed unnoticed, but 'his death,' said a popular writer of his time, 'makes a kind of era in literature.' In one, and in one thing only, did fortune favour him. He was bred in the midst of books, for he had the run of his father's shop. One day he climbed up to a shelf in search of some apples which he imagined that his brother had hidden behind a large folio. 'There were no apples; but the large folio proved to be Petrarch, whom he had seen mentioned in some preface as one of the restorers of learning. His curiosity having been thus excited, he sat down with avidity, and read a great part of the book.' So widely did he read that when he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, his tutor told him 'he was the best qualified for the University that he had ever known come there.' He had almost everything against him. His life was too much like Pope's, one 'long disease.' Scrofula had disfigured his face, and deprived him of the use of one eye. He was subject to 'convulsive starts, and odd gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule.'<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.

Szczegóły: Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia (Classic Reprint) - Johnson Samuel

Nazwa: Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Johnson Samuel
Wydawnictwo: Inwestycje
Kod paskowy: 9781330011249
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 224
Format: 15.2x22.9cm

Recenzje: Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia (Classic Reprint) - Johnson Samuel