Author: Tom Taylor
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-01-02
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780428189457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Vol. 1 of 3: Historical Painter, From His Autobiography and Journals Where all is invention, if consistency be kept high colouring is a merit; but a biography derives its sole interest or utility from its exact truth. Every man who has suffered for a principle and would lose his life for its success, -who in his early days has been Oppressed without ever giving the slight est grounds for oppression, and persecuted to ruin be cause his oppression was unmerited, who has incurred the hatred of his enemies exactly in proportion as they became convinced they were wrong, -every man who, like me, has eaten the bitter crust of poverty, and en dured the penalties of vice and wickedness where he merited the rewards of virtue and industry, -should write his own life. 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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Download or read book Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Tom Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Vol. 1 of 3: Historical Painter, From His Autobiography and Journals Where all is invention, if consistency be kept high colouring is a merit; but a biography derives its sole interest or utility from its exact truth. Every man who has suffered for a principle and would lose his life for its success, -who in his early days has been Oppressed without ever giving the slight est grounds for oppression, and persecuted to ruin be cause his oppression was unmerited, who has incurred the hatred of his enemies exactly in proportion as they became convinced they were wrong, -every man who, like me, has eaten the bitter crust of poverty, and en dured the penalties of vice and wickedness where he merited the rewards of virtue and industry, -should write his own life. 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.
