The English Humourists Of The Eighteenth Century
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780548047941
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Non-Classifiable; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Novelty
First sentence: IN treating of the English humourists of the past age, it is of the men and of their lives, rather than of their books, that I ask permission to speak to you; and in doing so, you are aware that I cannot hope to entertain you with a merely humourous or facetious story.