The Life of Andrew Marvel (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 25/10/2018 - 124 páginas Excerpt from The Life of Andrew Marvel IT is the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious personsz - andrew marvell has there. Fore become a celebrated name, and is now known as one of the most incorruptible patriots that England, or any other country, ever produced. The British Aristides has been long the great exemplar of public and'private integrity. A character so exalted and pure astonished a corrupt age, and overawed even majesty itself. His manners were Roman: he lived on the turnip of Curtius, and would have bled at Philippi. 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. |