Excerpt from The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending an Impartial Account of His Literary and Political Efforts and a Sketch of the Conduct and Character of His Most Eminent Associates, Coadjutors, and Opponents From the inattention of cotemporaries to the lives of some of our most eminent poets, the first biographer of modern times found only scanty materials The public may regret that his knowledge of the life of Butler was not equal to that of the life of Savage. Aftera lapse of ages, such knowledge, however, was not at tainable concerning those who had not found faithful and judicious biographers whilst the subject was fresh. 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.