Poetical Sketches Of Scottish Life And Character Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Twelve Dramatic Sketches: Founded on the Pastoral Poetry of Scotland It may perhaps be asked, what particular claims the Author has to be credited on this point, and what induced him to give these Sketches to the world? To the country he owes his birth; there he spent all the bright years of infancy, boyhood, and early youth among ru ral scenes and rural manners, the capacities of his heart were first called into action; and in the country it was, that while listening to the Words of experience, virtue, and religion, from the lips of manya sage and manly peasant, his mind acquired what must continue to be its own peculiar modification of character. Circum stances, which it is unnecessary to relate, ha ving obliged him to mingle in other scenes, the recollection of earlier and sweeter days, fre quently incited him to the perusal of pastoral poetry; from which, however, he failed to de rive all the pleasure which he had anticipated. Far as it is from his thought or intention to dis sent from the long-established fame of Theo critus and Virgil, he must be allowed to say. 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.