William Shenstone

Excerpt from Thomas Percy Und William Shenstone: Ein Briefwechsel Aus Der Entstehungszeit Der Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Damals nannte Percy's Mitarbeiter und Korrespondent Ro bert Anderson, der Herausgeber der British Poets, in einem Nachruf auf den dahingegangenen Freund die Religues of Ancient English Poetry 'a work which constitutes an era in the history of English literature in the eighteenth und auch vor der strengen Kritik der neuesten Forschung ist diese hohe Bewertung zu vollem Rechte bestehen geblieben. Die ersten Worte der Vorrede, durch die Sir George Douglas Miss Gaussen's gerade veroffentlichter percy-biographie 2) seinen Segen erteilt, lauten: 'there are few modern books to which the much-abused epithet of 'epochmaking' is more applicable than to Bishop Percy's 'reliques' An ahnlich lautenden Urteilen von andern, berufensten Seiten ist kein Mangelz3) Wir erkennen riickschauend in den Religues eine befreiende Tat von augenblicklich zundender Wirkung, die sie Young's Sendschreiben uber Originalkomposition und Mac pherson's Ossianischen Gedichten, Chatterton's Traumen vom Mittelalter und Horace Walpole's groteskem Schauerroman vom Schlosse von Otranto neben oder fiberordnet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT161242With an additional titlepage, engraved. A third volume containing letters was published by A. Donaldson in 1770. Edinburgh: printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1765. 2v., plates: port.; 12

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT092460Preface signed: R. Dodsley. With an additional titlepage, and two final contents leaves. Two of the plates dated 1795. Plates headed: 'Cooke's edition of select British poets'. London: printed for C. Cooke; and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1795?]. 264, 4]p., plates; 12

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT089025Titlepage headed: 'Harrison's collection'. In: 'Harrison's British classicks. Vol. VIII .. ' London, 1797]. Plates dated 1787. The last leaf contains a list of contents. London: printed for J. Walker, 1797. 80, 2]p., plates; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT092462Preface signed: R. Dodsley. Engraved titlepage reads: Shenstone's poems, forming part of Cooke's pocket edition of .. select British poets. With an additional letterpress titlepage and two final contents leaves. One plate dated 1800; others, including London: printed for C. Cooke; and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1800?]. 264, 4]p., plates: port.; 12

The Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone, Esq. - in two volumes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1765. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Works of William Shenstone in Verse and Prose - Sixth Edition. Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1791. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.