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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel De Foe, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing a Review of His Writings, and His Opinions Upon a Variety of Important Matters, Civil and Ecclesiastical
De Foe is now known almost entirely as a writer of fiction, and this will probably constitute the bas1s of his fame in succeeding times. Yet, it was not until he was verging towards the age of threescore, that be employed his-creative powers upon those-delightful works that will continue to be admired as long as there is any taste for real genius. 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.
