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Excerpt from Corneille and Racine
In 1 6 2 4, when he was only eighteen years of age, Corneille was formally admitted and sworn in as an advocate before the Parliament at Rouen; but it does not appear that he ever made any serious attempt to practise at the bar. I/ It is probable that he felt him self to be timid and awkward, and that he feared his unreadiness of speech would stand in the way of his making a success as an advocate. In 1628, his father bought for him a judicial appointment; but this new Office does not seem to have employed much of his time, or to have added materially to his income. 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.
