The Complaint, Or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To Which Is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Complaint, or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To Which Is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job S the occafion of this poem was real, not fié'titious; fo the method purfued in it, was rather impofed, by what fpontaneoufly arofe in the author's mind, on that occafion, than medi tated, or defigned. Which will appear very pro bable from the nature of it. For it differs from the common mode of poetry, which is from long narrations to draw {hort morals. Here, on the contrary, the narrative is {hort and the morality. 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. |
