Excerpt from Six Discourses: Delivered by Sir John Pringle, Bart. When President of the Royal Society; On Occasion of Six Annual Assignments of Sir Godfrey Copley's Medal Author's Life I was myfelf well ac quainted; having been honoured with his friendlhip for nearly ten years before his deceafe. When the fue ceeding Account of him had been mofi of it printed Ofi', James Bofwell Efq. Was fo good as to favour me with a recital of various particulars, drawn from his own intimacy with Sir John Pringle, and from the ih formation Of his father, Lord Auchin deck. This communication did nor come fo late, but that Iwas able to avail myfelf of it, in feveral refpeets. 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.