Excerpt from Classic Tales, Serious and Lively, Vol. 2: With Critical Essays on the Merits and Reputation of the Authors It is a pity, that with all these powers of ridicule so formidable to human folly, the author should have subjected himself to a licentious fancy, and have delighted in loose descriptions, unnecessary to a true wit, and unworthy a philosopher. If there be any fault in his writings more contempt ible than this, it is the coolness with which he defends the same licentiousness in LA fontmne. [t is the last excuse for a writer's voluptuous ideas. 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.