A Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq. PDF Download

Author: William Miles
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332028859
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Excerpt from A Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq.: Member for the County of York, on the Subject of the Very Extraordinary Pamphlet, Lately Addressed by Mr. Burke to a Noble Lord Fen'fe only, I deured it to be read and underflood. 'lhey declared themfelves fatisfied with the ex planation, but as the world, perhaps, would not underliand it iii that light, and it was a matter that gave them infinite dillrefs, from the affection they bore to the memory of their departed relation, they would elieem it as a favour, if I would erafe in the fubfequent edi tions, what had g1wen lo much uneafinefs in the full. Pleafed with a piety that did them lo much honor, I told them, that I Would not allow them to folicit as a favor, what their decorum and feelings, entitled them to claim as a right, and that they might be alfured the whole ofthe pafl'age, which had given' them fo much pain, Ihould be expunged, in Jufl'ice to whati felt due to wounded fenfibility. 'ibey acknowledged themfelves much obliged, and' left me. If others Ihould have fallen into a fimilar' error, and fliould h'ave equally mifunderllood my meaning, I refer' them to a paflage in the firl't edition, wher'e'it will appear that-the perfon whole premature death has been lo affectionately deplored by his gene rous relations, participates of the jull tribute l have paid to one; who Was much nearer allied to me, and certainly m'uch dearer to me, in every relpeet, than he could pollibly have been to the gentlemen who call ed upon me, and When they refer to page 98, in the firlt edition, and read, that Mr. Burke' is not the only man uho' has to lament the lofs of departed excellente. 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.