Off-Hand Takings, or Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Bungay, George W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333404697 ISBN 13 : 9781333404697

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. Excerpt from Off-Hand Takings, or Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age



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Présentation de l'éditeur

Now to meet this difficulty it is requisite that the sketcher should possess such an intimate knowledge of the man he seeks to portray as will enable him to seize upon those broad features of character which are observable by all, and to dispose of those peculiarities that are perceivable by but the few. These qualifications we believe MR. BUNGAY to possess in an eminent degree, and do not doubt that the reader will entertain the same opinion when he shall have read through this volume. All personal gossip is interesting. Although the matter may at first glance seem trivial, we, all of us, like to know something of the men whom we hear talked of every day, and whose works have either dejji lighted or instructed us. How they dressed, talked, or amused themselves ;what they loved to eat and ;drink, and how they looked when their bows were unbent. It is this sort of gossip that makes Boswel PsL ife of Johnson one of the most delightful works in our language ;and such petty details, though the high art biographer may deem them of but little .value, constitute a charm which the most elaborate expositions of mental characteristics would fail to sgcure.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333404697
• ISBN 13: 9781333404697
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 486
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