The Optimist (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2018. jan. 3. - 290 oldal Excerpt from The Optimist One Of the benign and useful Offices of literature is to point out and uphold the poetry of Life and the common resources of Nature, to which habit is so apt to make us indifferent. It is a high distinction of English writers that they have, in so many instances, contributed standard works to this unpretending yet genial department of letters. Addison, Goldsmith. 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. |