Excerpt from The Poetical Works of David Hitchcock: Containing, the Shade of Plato, Knight and Quack, and the Subtlety of FoxesHE Publisher of the following Poem, pursuant to his engagements with the'public, has obtained from the Author, some partieulars of his Life And circumstances, which are 'here given, from documents furnished by himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.