Author : Gabriel Harvey
Release : 2015-06-24
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 770/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Four Letters, and Certain Sonnets, Especially Touching Robert Greene, and Other Parties by Him Abused by : Gabriel Harvey

Download or read book Four Letters, and Certain Sonnets, Especially Touching Robert Greene, and Other Parties by Him Abused written by Gabriel Harvey. This book was released on 2015-06-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Four Letters, and Certain Sonnets, Especially Touching Robert Greene, and Other Parties by Him Abused May I crave pardon at this instant, as well for inditing that in unworthy to be published, as for publishing that was unworthy to be indited: I will hereafter take precise order, either never to importune you more, or to solicit you for more especial cause. I was first exceeding loath to pen that is written, albeit in mine own enforced defence, (for I make no difference between my dearest friends and myself), and am now much loather to divulge that is imprinted, albeit against those whose own pamphlets are readier to condemn them, than my letters forward to accuse them. Vile acts would in some respects rather be concealed than recorded, as the darkness of the night better fitteth the nature of some unlucky birds, than the brightness of the day; and Herostratus, in a villainous bravery affecting a most notorious and monstrous fame, was, in the censure of the wisest judgments, rather to he overwhelmed in the deepest pit of oblivion, than to enjoy any relique or shadow of his own desperate glory. But Greene (although pitifully blasted, and how wofully faded!) still flourisheth in the memory of some green wits, wedded to the wantonness of their own fancy, and enamoured upon every new-fangled toy: and Pierce Pennylesse (although the Devil's orator by profession, and his Dam's poet by practice), in such a flush of notable good fellows, cannot possibly want many to read him; enough to excuse him, a few to commend him, some to believe him, or to credit any that tickleth the right vein, and feedeth the riotous humour of their licentious vanity. 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.