Excerpt from Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems The rude familiarity of the lower orders, and in deed the unpolished state of society in general, would neither surprise nor disgust if they seemed to flow from that simplicity of character, that honest igno rance of the gloss of refinement, which may be look ed for in a new and inexperienced people. But, when we find them arrived at maturity in most of the vices. 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.