Excerpt from Ephemera My Lords - Even in inquiring briefly into these functions, I must apologise if I appear to go over part of the same ground which was trodden by the learned Coun sel. My Lords, it could not be otherwise. That learned Counsel exhausted the subj ect and all that remains to do is to support, as I shall attempt to do, by a few argu ments and citations, the positions which he advanced. 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.