Download or read book Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Nathan Drake and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Vol. 1 of 3 It was my wish, when entering upon the execution of the following work, to adopt a plan which, in its arrangement, should be productive of novelty, and, in its various branches, fertile in literary discussion; which should, in fact, though occasionally digressive in its parts, preserve a perspicuous unity of design, and a mutual subserviency in all its departments. 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.