The Harleian Miscellany Or A Collection Of Scarce Curious And Entertaining Pamphlets And Tracts As Well In Manuscript As In Print Vol 6

Author : John J. Malham
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ISBN 13 : 9781332564378
Total Pages : 570 pages
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Download or read book The Harleian Miscellany, Or a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Vol. 6 written by John J. Malham and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Harleian Miscellany, or a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Vol. 6: Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed With Historical, Political, and Critical Notes The author, Mr. Codrington, was born of an antient and genteel family in Gloucestershire, elected Demy of Magdalen College in Oxford, the twenty-ninth of July, 1619, about seventeen years old, and took the Master's degree in 1626. After that, he travelled into several foreign lands; and, at his return, lived a gentleman's life, first in Nor folk, where he married; and finished his life at London, by the plague, in the year 1665, .having published many pieces of different taste in his life-time, and left several manuscripts prepared for the press. As for the history before us, it is true, that he plainly declares himself a parliamenteer; yet, so far as it goes, it is the least exceptionable, and the most comprehensive, of any writings on the same subject, in those times: for, besides the character of his hero, the Earl of Essex, he gives us the general Opinion, and the ground of the first part of the civil war; seems to relate the natural facts without aggravation, and always speaks of the King's majesty with respect, ascribing the ill' conduct of his affairs, and had success, to the wickedness and heat of his counsels; and heartily wishing a good and lasting reconciliation and peace between the King and his parliament. 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.