Excerpt from The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With Life VIII. Cultivation of Taste, IX. Origin of Poetry, X. Poetry distinguished from other writing, XI. Metaphor, XII. Versificatien, XIII. Schools of Music, XIV. Scottish Marriages, XV. Supposed to be written by a common-council man at the Coronation, XVI. Second Letter, by the same. 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.