Books with author Mark Jefferson

Mr. Burke who observed, that no romance was so extravagant as tht; romance of real life; and a celebrated authoress, speaking of her excellent tales, (in the life of her father) has informed us that those characters and incidents in her works, which the critics had been unanimous in condemning as extravagant, unnatural or absurd, were merely characters and incidents taken from real life, and often described by her with very little colouring or deviation from facts, whilst the scenes and personages that were accounted natural, were entirely the inventions of her imagination.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Excerpt from Tales of Old Mr. Jefferson, of Gray's Inn, Vol. 1 of 2Myself that the following tales would be deemed worthy of any animadversions from the critics, isho'uld anticipate that many parts would be objected to as extravagant; but I know of scarcely any passage that can be liable to this reproof, except those scenes which have really fallen within my own oh servation, and many of which I have painted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.