Download or read book Elzevir Classics, Vol. 2 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elzevir Classics, Vol. 2: Being Choice Selections Reprinted From the Elzevir Library The old gentleman died shortly after the publication of his work, and now, that he is dead and gone, it cannot do much harm to his memory to say that his time might have been much better employed in weightier labors. He, however, was apt to ride his hobby his own way and though it did now and then kick up the dust a little in the eyes of his neighbors, and grieve the spirit of some friends for whom he felt the truest deference and aflection, yet his errors and follies are remembered more in sorrow than in anger, and it begins to be suspected that he never intended to injure or ofiend. But however his memory may be appre elated by critics, it is still held dear among many folk whose good opinion is well worth having particularly by certain biscuit-bakers, who have gone so far as to imprint his like ness on their new-year cakes, and have thus given him a chance for immortality, almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo medal, or a Queen Anne's farthing. 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.