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Excerpt from Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Vol. 2 of 7: Collected and Republished (First Time, 1839; Final, 1869) In the modern arrangements of society, it is no uncommon thing that a man of genius must, like Butler, 'ask for bread and receive a stone;' for, in spite of our grand maxim of supply and demand, it is by no means the highest excellence that men are most forward to recognise. The inventor of a spinning-jenny is pretty sure of his reward in his own day; but the writer of a true poem, like the apostle of a true religion, is nearly as sure of the contrary. We do not know whether it is not an aggravation of the injustice, that there is generally a posthumous retribution. Robert Burns, in the course of Nature, might yet have been living; but his short life was spent in toil and penury; and he died, in the prime of his manhood, miserable and neglected: and yet already a brave mausoleum shines over his dust, and more than one splendid monument has been reared in other places to his fame; the street where he languished in poverty is called by his name; the highest personages in our literature have been proud to appear as his commentators and admirers; and here is the sixth narrative of his Life that has been given to the world! Mr. Lockhart thinks it necessary to apologise for this new attempt on such a subject: but his readers, we believe, will readily acquit him; or, at worst, will censure only the performance of his task, not the choice of it. 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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Literature & literary studies Prose: non-fiction Literary essays

• Pełny tytuł: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Vol. 2 of 7
• Podtytuł: Collected and Republished (First Time, 1839; Final, 1869) (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Thomas Carlyle
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 316
• EAN: 9781330389867
• ISBN: 9781330389867
• ID: 09652235
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 422 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 17 mm
• Data wydania: 25. June 2015

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