Excerpt from An Account of the Life and Writings of Lord Chancellor Somers: Including Remarks on the Public Affairs in Which He Was Engaged, and the Bill of Rights, With a Comment If it be true, that a man improves more by reading the story of a person eminent for pru dence and virtue, than by the finest rules and precepts of morality, the Reader, it is probable, will be benefited by such a work as is here pre sented to him; for he will discern the bright ex ample of a man, who, by his virtues, learning, and abilities, raised himself from a very humble rank to the highest station of honour and trust, except one, in the power of the Crown to bestow. It is no fancy piece, like the Achilles of Homer, the Encas of Virgil, or the Cyrus of Xenophon; it is a great character, drawn from the life. 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.