Excerpt from The Orlando of Ariosto, Vol. 1 of 2: Reduced to XXIV Books; The Narrative Connected and the Stories Disposed in a Regular Series Though many readers, from a predilection for works of imagination, will, notwithf'tand ing every difficulty, travel with great de light through the pages of Ariofto, yet there are likewife others, who having been fami liarized to the more regular compofition of Tafi'o, will feel the above objection in 'its full force. However thefe may 'be 'captivaited with the general variety of the ...
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Excerpt from The Orlando of Ariosto, Vol. 1 of 2: Reduced to XXIV Books; The Narrative Connected and the Stories Disposed in a Regular Series Though many readers, from a predilection for works of imagination, will, notwithf'tand ing every difficulty, travel with great de light through the pages of Ariofto, yet there are likewife others, who having been fami liarized to the more regular compofition of Tafi'o, will feel the above objection in 'its full force. However thefe may 'be 'captivaited with the general variety of the poem, or may acknowledge the merit of the feveral parts, yet [bould they find their memory unpleafantly burthened, or their attention unh???ceitarily diftra???'ted, they may probably lay afide the book for the mind that fecks only relaxation and amufem'ent, will riot often condefcend to employ its powers m develon the intricacies of fiction. 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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