Lucretia, Or the Children of Night, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Lucretia, Or the Children of Night, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by EDWARD BULWER. LYTTON and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lucretia, or the Children of Night, Vol. 2 of 2 And yet, said Lucretia, with a solemn sadness in her voice, that influence is but the natural power which cold maturity exercises on ardent youth. It is my mournful advantage over you that disquiets your happy calm. It is my experience that unsettles the Let this pass. I asked your opinion of me, because I wished to place at your service all that knowledge Of life which I possess. In proportion as you esteem me, you will accept or reject my counsels. I have benefited by them already. It is the tone that you advised me to assume that gave me an importance I had not before with that Old formalist whose paper I serve, and whose prejudices I shock 5 it is to your criticisms that I owe the more practical turn of my writings, and the greater hold they have taken on the public. 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.