The Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary Portraits, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary Portraits, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by William Hazlitt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Spirit of the Age, or Contemporary Portraits, Vol. 1 As if a man were author of himself, And owned no other kin. He is like a solitary peak, all access to which is cut off not more by elevation than distance. He is seated On a lofty eminence, cloud capt, or reflecting the last rays of setting suns; and in his poetical moods, reminds us of the fabled Titans, retired to a ridgy steep, play. 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.