Excerpt from New Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 of 2: And Book of the Months A preface may with some show of likelihood be compared to the confessional, wherein the public listens and absolves, while the author plays the part of penitent, although it often chances that the culprit is rather bent upon proving how little than how much he has been in fault. Sorry am I to say - but the truth must be told - that the latter is my case, notwithstanding the rebukes of some of my critics, who have been more violent than I can ...
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Excerpt from New Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 of 2: And Book of the Months A preface may with some show of likelihood be compared to the confessional, wherein the public listens and absolves, while the author plays the part of penitent, although it often chances that the culprit is rather bent upon proving how little than how much he has been in fault. Sorry am I to say - but the truth must be told - that the latter is my case, notwithstanding the rebukes of some of my critics, who have been more violent than I can bring myself to believe is either just or generous, so that I feel in the happy plight of one more sinned against than sinning, a conviction, which, as perhaps many of my readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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