Author: W. Carew Hazlitt

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Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781330841273

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Excerpt from Poetical and Dramatic Works of Thomas Randolph, Vol. 1: Of Trinity College, Cambridge; Now First Collected and Edited From the Early Copies and From Mss; With Some Account of the Author and Occasional Notes So long ago as 1833, the late Mr Dyce, who cannot be suspected of an undiscriminating enthusiasm for our old writers, remarked "that Randolph's works deserve to be reprinted;" the Rev. Joseph Hunter ("New Illustrations of Shakespeare," 1845) speaks of this poet as "less known than he deserves to be and that such a republication has not hitherto been attempted, while a crowd of obscurer and less valuable authors have found editors, appears to be one of those anomalies and caprices of fortune which it is impossible to account for. Of all the minor English poets of his century, Randolph may perhaps be considered as standing at the head. He was distinguished by his wealth and happiness of fancy, a I fertile and racy wit, and a vein of thought the freshness of which always charms, while its mellowness and propriety in one so young cannot fail to take us agreeably by surprise. Possibly if he had lived to publish his works, he would have pruned some of the luxuriances of his too libertine muse. 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.

Download or read book Poetical and Dramatic Works of Thomas Randolph, Vol. 1 written by W. Carew Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poetical and Dramatic Works of Thomas Randolph, Vol. 1: Of Trinity College, Cambridge; Now First Collected and Edited From the Early Copies and From Mss; With Some Account of the Author and Occasional Notes So long ago as 1833, the late Mr Dyce, who cannot be suspected of an undiscriminating enthusiasm for our old writers, remarked "that Randolph's works deserve to be reprinted;" the Rev. Joseph Hunter ("New Illustrations of Shakespeare," 1845) speaks of this poet as "less known than he deserves to be and that such a republication has not hitherto been attempted, while a crowd of obscurer and less valuable authors have found editors, appears to be one of those anomalies and caprices of fortune which it is impossible to account for. Of all the minor English poets of his century, Randolph may perhaps be considered as standing at the head. He was distinguished by his wealth and happiness of fancy, a I fertile and racy wit, and a vein of thought the freshness of which always charms, while its mellowness and propriety in one so young cannot fail to take us agreeably by surprise. Possibly if he had lived to publish his works, he would have pruned some of the luxuriances of his too libertine muse. 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.