Download or read book Lectures on the Truly Eminent English Poets, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Percival Stockdale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Truly Eminent English Poets, Vol. 2 of 2 The sentiments of our poet, sometimes, and particularly in his night-thoughts, swell to bombast. In allusionlto this ex cess, when he was riding, one day, through a little town, with my Lord Chesterfield, his noble friend, observing that there was painted on a board, over a shop-mdoor. 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.