Macgregor, R: Indian Leisure -

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Excerpt from Indian Leisure: Petrarch, on the Character of Othello, Agamemnon; The Henraid, Anthology The announcement by an enterprising publisher of his intention to produce shortly an English Petrarch in one of his very useful Libraries, is the immediate cause of the appearance of the present volume. Three years ago I printed a translation of the Odes, and I had by me ready for the press a version of the Sonnets of Petrarch. As I intended, some time or other, to publish these also, and did not wish to be forestalled from any other quarter, as the edition of the Odes was exhausted, I determined to print both together and at once. To these I have added some other pieces, putting them all under a common title, in some degree descriptive of the circumstances under which they were composed. I have been much benefited by reading with Professor Pistrucci, of King's College, somewhat more than one-third of the Sonnets, and I have great pleasure in thus acknowledging the courtesy and intelligence of that gentleman. 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.