John Clare By Himself
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780415942331
Subjects: Biography: general; Poetry & poets: 19th century; Biography / Autobiography; English; Literary Criticism; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Anthropology - Cultural; General
First sentence: There is a pleasure in recalling ones past years to reccollection; in this I believe every bosoms agrees and returns a ready echo of approbation and I think a double gratifycation is witness'd as we turn to a repetition of our early days by writing them down on paper on this head my own approbation must shelter its vanity while thus employ'd, by consieting self-satisfaction a sufficient appology.