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Characters From the Histories Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century: With an Essay on the Character and Historical Notes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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I know that it will bee said by many, That I might have beene more pleasing to the Reader, if I had written the Story of mine owne times; having been permitted to draw water as neare the Well head as another. TO this I answer, that who -so ever in writing a moderne Historic, shall follow truth too neare the heeles, it may happily strike out his teeth. There is no Mistresse or Guide, that hath led her followers and servants into greater miseries. It is enough for me (being in that state I am) to Write of the eldest times wherein also why may it not be said, that In speaking Of the past, I point at the present, and taxe the vices of those that are yet lyving, In their persons that are long since dead; and have It laid to my charge 2 But this I cannot helpe, though innocent.
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I know that it will bee said by many, That I might have beene more pleasing to the Reader, if I had written the Story of mine owne times; having been permitted to draw water as neare the Well head as another. TO this I answer, that who -so ever in writing a moderne Historic, shall follow truth too neare the heeles, it may happily strike out his teeth. There is no Mistresse or Guide, that hath led her followers and servants into greater miseries. It is enough for me (being in that state I am) to Write of the eldest times wherein also why may it not be said, that In speaking Of the past, I point at the present, and taxe the vices of those that are yet lyving, In their persons that are long since dead; and have It laid to my charge 2 But this I cannot helpe, though innocent.
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.
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The seventeenth century is rich in short studies or characters of its great men. Its rulers and statesmen, its soldiers and politicians, its lawyers and divines, all who played a prominent part in the public life, have with few notable exceptions been described for us by their contemporaries. There are earlier characters in English literature; but as a definite and established form of literary composition the character dates from the seventeenth century. Even Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the late Queen Elizabeth her limes and. Favourites, a series of studies of the great men of Elizabeth's court, and the first book of its kind, is an old mans recollection of his early life, and belongs to the Stuart period in everything but its theme. Nor at any later period is there the same wealth of material for such a collection as is given in this volume. The eighteenth century devoted itself rather to biography. When the facts of a man's life, his works, and his opinions claimed detailed treatment, the fashion of the short character had passed.
Yet the seventeenth century did not know its richness. None of its best characters were then printed. The writers themselves could not have suspected how many others were similarly engaged, so far were they from belonging to a school.
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