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Title: Life and Literature
Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,
and classified in alphabetical order

Author: J. Purver Richardson

Release Date: October 31, 2009 [EBook #30373]

Language: English

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LIFE

AND

LITERATURE

[Illustration]

OVER TWO THOUSAND EXTRACTS
FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN WRITERS,
AND CLASSIFIED
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

BY

J. PURVER RICHARDSON.

COPYRIGHT 1910
BY J. PURVER RICHARDSON

PRESS OF
BROWN-MORRISON CO.
LYNCHBURG, VA.

PREFACE

Good sir, or madam, whosoever thou mayest be, to whom this volume shall
come, cast it not aside, but read it. Its quaint, curious, and helpful
selections have been gathered through many years of careful research on
both sides of the Atlantic. They will make thee wiser and better, and
will conduce to the growth of thy mind, and the health of thy body. Let
this book be to thee a magazine of literary food, of which thou shalt
partake, and which thou shalt assimilate and digest to the constant
increase of thy well being.

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