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Memoirs of Sir Thomas More, With a New Translation of His Utopia, His History of King Richard Iii, and His Latin Poems. [ed.] by A. Cayley
Memoirs of Sir Thomas More With a New Translation of His Utopia His History of King Richard Iii and His Latin Poems by A Cayley - ed. Author:Thomas More General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1808 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: T,0 GIDIUS OF ANTWERP. Am almost ashamed, dearest Peter', of sending you thiss tract of the Utopian commonwealth, after a delay of nearly a year, when you no doubt expected it within six. weeks. For you knew I was eased of the labour of invention on this occasion, and that I had no thought to bestow upon method, having only to repeat what you as well as myself heard Raphael relate. Neither, on this account, was there any occasion for eloquence,, since has discourse could not be highly polished, being off-hand and from one less learned in Latin than in Greek; and my narrative, the nearer it approaches his ease and . simplicity, the nearer will it resemble the truth, my sole duty and care on this occasion. I confess, dear Peter, so much of the labour was thua taken from my hand, that little or nothing was left me; though the invention and arrangement might have demanded from no mean or unlearned capacity some time as well as study. Had eloquence as well as truth been requisite, no time or study would have enabled me to accomplish it. But as it was, these difficulties being removed, my part was only to repeat what I had heard. Yet little of my time as this required, that little was long denied me by my other avocations. For while, in pleading and attending, in judging or settling causes, in waiting upon some on business, on others from respect, the greater part of the day is spent on other men's affairs, the remainder must be devoted to my family at home: thus I can reserve no part to myself and study. I must chat with my wife and prattle with my children, and something J have to say to my servants. T...« less