Excerpt from Poetical Works and Remains At a very early age, indeed soon after he was taken from school, Henry was ambitions of being admitted a member of a Literary Society then existing in Nottingham, but was objected to on account of his youth: after re peated attempts, and repeated failures, he succeeded in his wish, through the exertion of some of his friends, and was elected. In a very short time, to the great sur prise of the Society, he preposed to give them a lecture, and they, probably from curiosity, acceded to the propo sal. The next evening they assembled: he lectured upon Genius, and spoke extempore for above two hours, in such a manner, that he received the unanimous thanks of the Society, and they elected this young Roscius of oratory their Professor of Literature. There are certain courts at Nottingham, in which it is necessary for an at torney to plead; and he wished to qualify himself for an eloquent speaker, as well as a sound lawyer. 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.