Author: John Wilson Croker

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Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781331056522

Excerpt from Sketch of the State of Ireland, Past and Present I. An author ambitious of fame should write the history of transactions that are past, and of men that are no more; desirous of profit, he should, seek it from the prejudiced liberality of a party: but he whose object is his country, must hope for neither; and, shrouded in disinterested obscurity, should speak of sects and factions not what they desire, but what they deserve, to hear: to his impartiality, his own times should be as those of Charles or James; and the ministers, bigots, and demagogues of his day, as Laud or Prynne, as Fitton, Hamilton, or Tyrconnell. 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.