A History Of The Right Honourable William Pitt Earl Of Chatham Vol 1 Of 2 Classic Reprint

Author : John Almon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330994948
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (949 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Vol. 1 of 2 written by John Almon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Vol. 1 of 2: And of the Principal Events of the Time; With His Speeches in Parliament, From the Year 1736 to the Year 1778 The most proper apology for this publication, is a candid and unadorned statement of Truth. Had a similar work been executed by any of those persons, who are more capable, and more conversant with the period, and with the conduct of the noble Lord, than the Editor, the public would not have been troubled with this attempt. It is now almost fourteen years since Lord Chatham's death, and the writer has not heard, that any intention to offer a similar work has been in the contemplation of any such person. Every period in History is interesting. Undoubtedly some periods more than others; and, perhaps, none more than that of these volumes. But truth is so seldom the object of the historian of his own times, that it has, for some years past, been a trite observation, amongst persons of information, that nothing is so false as Modern History. The writers in general, may, perhaps, have other views than the relation of facts. But it should be further observed, that those persons, who are in possession of the best and most authentic materials for history, are usually persons of fashion and rank; and one of these very rarely fits down to the laborious work of writing a volume. Hence arises the falshood and sterility of Modern History. The important facts dying with the persons who were best acquainted with them, the future writer frequently ascribes motives and consequences to events, with which they have not the most distant relation. The writer has not the vanity to offer this work as a history. He presumes no more, than having collected, and preserved a fund of materials, which may afford light and information to the future enquirer; who could not have found them in any of the books hitherto printed. he is conscious, that his style, and some circumstances, are not in his favour. But he is not conscious of having advanced one falshood. 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.