Excerpt from The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Vol. 3 of 3: With a Memoir Had she herself presented these pieces to the public, it is probable that she would 11] some instances have extended them by additions which, from her own pen, would have enhanced their value, but Wth it would have been pre sumption in any other to attempt. None of them however, can properly be called fragments: and it was so natural to her to express herself with the highest beauty and perfec tion of style, that in this respect little difference would be found either in verse or prose, between the slightest sketch she ever traced and the most finished of her admired pro ductions. 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.