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Excerpt from The Epicurean: A Tale
A few more words remain to be said, respecting the Poems which occupy a portion of this volume and which, with the exception of a few fragments of them found scattered through the prose narrative, are here, for the first time, published. My original plan, in commencing the story of the Epicurean, was to write it all in verse, and in the form, as will be seen, of letters from the different personages. But the great difficulty of managing, in rhyme, the minor de tails Of a story, so as to be clear Without becoming prosaic, and, still more, the diffuse length to which, I saw, narration in verse would be likely to run, de terred me from pursuing this plan any further; and I then commenced the tale anew, in its present shape. Whether I was wrong or right, in this change, my readers have now an opportunity of judging for them selves.
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A few more words remain to be said, respecting the Poems which occupy a portion of this volume and which, with the exception of a few fragments of them found scattered through the prose narrative, are here, for the first time, published. My original plan, in commencing the story of the Epicurean, was to write it all in verse, and in the form, as will be seen, of letters from the different personages. But the great difficulty of managing, in rhyme, the minor de tails Of a story, so as to be clear Without becoming prosaic, and, still more, the diffuse length to which, I saw, narration in verse would be likely to run, de terred me from pursuing this plan any further; and I then commenced the tale anew, in its present shape. Whether I was wrong or right, in this change, my readers have now an opportunity of judging for them selves.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Thomas Moore
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528546447
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 345
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Thomas Moore
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330271148
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 347
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