Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Nineveh, the Birth of Burns: With Two Essays and Other Poems and Sonnets
Ir may seem strange that I, blessed with so few advantages of wit or genius - requisites so indispen sable in these affairs - should present to the public a volume of unfinished effusions; and I certainly feel abashed at the reception it deserves in those illus trions circles in which it has been my good fortune to secure its introduction. I am but seventeen years of age; consequently, my kind readers cannot wonder at the lack of stage thoughts and ideas, better known to more experienced persons. To the public I am nearly unknown, except through the columns of different papers to which I have sub scribed my futile compositions. 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.
