Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield volume 1
Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield volume 1
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- VOL. I. U 290 LIFE OF of the gall ill which the writer had clipped his pen. The scheme^ however, did not answer. Very few indeed were ever sold ; but more since it was known to be mine than before. I believe, in accounting for the general in- felicity of my publications, two other causes should be considered; the one is, a scarcity of advertising, to which I am driven by the enor- mity of the expence, ^ which would readily swallow up all the profits of my little produc- tions; and the other, ...the want of that zeal which a M'ell-accnstomcd bookseller will exer* cise in the sale of works v/orthy of his pur* chase. My second and principal inducement to the suppression of my name, at the publication of that pamphlet, M^as, an unwillingness to disgust my good friends at Cambridge; or to speak more properly, a fear of irritating them to such a degree, by my rudeness to " the great god- dess Diana, whom all Asia worshippeth, "^ as i " Poverty is a disease which rages as much and as fre- quently in the republic of letters as the plague in Constan- tinople.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
- VOL. I. U 290 LIFE OF of the gall ill which the writer had clipped his pen. The scheme^ however, did not answer. Very few indeed were ever sold ; but more since it was known to be mine than before. I believe, in accounting for the general in- felicity of my publications, two other causes should be considered; the one is, a scarcity of advertising, to which I am driven by the enor- mity of the expence, ^ which would readily swallow up all the profits of my little produc- tions; and the other, ...the want of that zeal which a M'ell-accnstomcd bookseller will exer* cise in the sale of works v/orthy of his pur* chase. My second and principal inducement to the suppression of my name, at the publication of that pamphlet, M^as, an unwillingness to disgust my good friends at Cambridge; or to speak more properly, a fear of irritating them to such a degree, by my rudeness to " the great god- dess Diana, whom all Asia worshippeth, "^ as i " Poverty is a disease which rages as much and as fre- quently in the republic of letters as the plague in Constan- tinople.
What to read after Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gilbert Wakefield to read onlineMoreLess
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