Excerpt from Batavian Anthology, or Specimens of the Dutch Poets: With Remarks on the Poetical Literature and Language of the Netherlands, to the End of the Seventeenth Century Homine imperito nunquam quidquam injustius and wisdom, at one entrance, has been quite shut out by the in uence of a ridicule first awakened by presumption, and afterwards re peated by bold and credulous ignorance. A work of some literary pretensions has been found to pour out its of contumely on the long-suf fering translator 37t shall enter upon that work which has occupied our thoughts and our cares. 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."

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