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OverviewExcerpt from An Author's Mind: A Bookful of Books, or Thirty Books in One The writer of this strange book (a particular friend of mine) came to me a few mornings ago with a very happy face, and a very blotty manuscript. Congratulate me, he began, on having dispersed an armada of headaches hitherto invincible, on having exorcised my brain of its legionary spectres, and brushed away the swarming thoughts that used to persecute my solitude; I can now lie down as calmly as the lamb, and rise as gayly as the lark; instead of a writhing Laocoon my just-found harlequin's wand has changed me into infant Hercules brandishing his strangled snakes; I have mowed, for the nonce, the docks, mallows, hogweed, and wild-parsley of my rank field, and its smooth green carpet looks like a rich meadow; I am free, happy, well at ease: argal, an thou lovest me, congratulate. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin Farquhar TupperPublisher: Forgotten Books Imprint: Forgotten Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9781330373392ISBN 10: 1330373391 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 08 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In stock Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |