A Book for a Rainy Day or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833

A Book for a Rainy Day; or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833The highly flattering...
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Author: Smith, John Thomas,1766-1833
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Language: English
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A Book for a Rainy Day or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833

A Book for a Rainy Day or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833

€6,26

A Book for a Rainy Day or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833

€6,26
Author: Smith, John Thomas,1766-1833
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Book for a Rainy Day; or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833

The highly flattering manner in which my work, entitled Nollekens and his Times, was generally received, induced me to collect numerous scattered biographical papers, which I have considerably augmented with a variety of subjects, arranged chronologically, according to the years of my life. Some may object to my vanity, in expecting the reader of the following pages to be pleased with so heterogeneous a dish. It is, I own, what ought to be called a salmagundi, or it may be likened to various suits of clothes, made up of remnants of all colours. One promise I can make, that as my pieces are mostly of new cloth, they will last the longer. Dr. Johnson has said: All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know, than not. Lord Orrery, in a letter to Dr. Birch, dated November, 1741, makes the following observation: I look upon anecdotes as debts due to the public, which every man, when he has that kind of cash by him, ought to pay. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54693
Author: Smith, John Thomas
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Whitten, Wilfred, 1864-1942

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