Author : James White
Release : 2016-12-01
Genre : Drama
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The King of the Commons by : James White

Download or read book The King of the Commons written by James White. This book was released on 2016-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The King of the Commons: A Play in Five Acts In the matter of ornament, much must be left to'the disere tion and the skill of the author. We are as adverse as any man can be, to over owing diction-wto a smothering of thoughts in verbiage-to images which distract the mind by their over-im portance to the subject. But the dramatic author, if he carefully considers the past annals of his craft, can hardly fail to remark, that no play has ever yet achieved a permanent reputation, nu less, iniaddition to general equable excellence, it contains some scenes or passages of more than common beauty or power, into the composition of which the highest species of poetry enters where the imagination is allowed its unchecked ight, and the fancy its utmost range. Thus it was, at all events, that Shaks peare wrote and if our theory should be by any 'deemed erro naous, we are contented to take shelter under his mighty name, and appeal to his practice, artless as it may have been, as the highest authority of the world. 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."