Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 5 of 5

Download or read book Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 5 of 5 written by Isaac Disraeli and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 5 of 5: Seventh Edition, Corrected Of the ancient Italian troop we have retained three or four of the characters, while their ori gin has nearly escaped our recollection but of the burlesque comedy, the extempore dialogue, the humorous fable, and its peculiar species of comic acting, all has vanished. 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.