Excerpt from Sterne: A Study Sterne's Archbishop of Benevento abridged a treatise which had employed fifty years of his life to the sheet-size of a Rider's Almanac. The prelate set a good example, which I have tried to follow. But miniatures Of big subjects, if they are to be adequate, involve the compass of larger portraits. The Outlines can be reduced, but not the quintessence of character. This book is a study. It seeks to interpret the problem of the man, to Vitalise him and his companions. It does not pretend to be a ...
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Excerpt from Sterne: A Study Sterne's Archbishop of Benevento abridged a treatise which had employed fifty years of his life to the sheet-size of a Rider's Almanac. The prelate set a good example, which I have tried to follow. But miniatures Of big subjects, if they are to be adequate, involve the compass of larger portraits. The Outlines can be reduced, but not the quintessence of character. This book is a study. It seeks to interpret the problem of the man, to Vitalise him and his companions. It does not pretend to be a formal biography, though new facts, as well as old, pervade it. 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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