Excerpt from Songs of Devon: And Miscellaneous Poems, of Josias Homely To publish a book Without a preface is like going into a lady's boudoir without taking off one's hat. - When a man goes into company better than that he is accustomed to keep, his great anxiety is that they may not think him polite enough. - Ergo, it appears to me most logically proved that I must write a preface, although I have nothing to say in it, except that being aware of the many errors and deficiencies of this volume, I have resolved to recover ...
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Excerpt from Songs of Devon: And Miscellaneous Poems, of Josias Homely To publish a book Without a preface is like going into a lady's boudoir without taking off one's hat. - When a man goes into company better than that he is accustomed to keep, his great anxiety is that they may not think him polite enough. - Ergo, it appears to me most logically proved that I must write a preface, although I have nothing to say in it, except that being aware of the many errors and deficiencies of this volume, I have resolved to recover my character another time. All I can say to friend or foe is that I have not done with them, for how ever deficient I may be in every other good quality I have the fool-hardy one of perseverance. 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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