Author: Mark Noble

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780267657445

Excerpt from A Biographical History of England, From the Revolution to the End of George I's Reign, Vol. 1 After frequent pauses, therefore, and re peated consideration, when it was at length decided to go on with the Work, those who wished well to it were not blind to the difficul ties attending the due execution of it 5 as well from the general embarrassment in writing up to the conceptions of another, as from the particular disadvantage of coming after a writer who had been universally allowed to excel in the talk he had undertaken, both as to the variety of his subject, and the manner' in which he had treated it. The Continuator looks up to his master with becoming diffi dence and respect, fully sensible that though he follows him indeed, it is at a great dis tance, and non pasribm (8714's Mr. Gran ger was really enamoured' of his object: he wrote of it can aware, and with a felicity of selection, and a conciseness of expression, which it is much easier to admire than to imitate. 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.