Excerpt from The Lounger's Common-Place Book, or Miscellaneous Anecdotes, Vol. 1 of 2: A Biographic, Political, Literary, and Satirical Compilation O the frequent and friendly enquiries for a fourth volume, 1 know not if the following edition will be confidered as a fatisfae'tory anfwer. To have continued the work in its original form and feries, would have been more profitable and more pleafant; but refpeet to an indulgent public, entailed on me the duty of correeting error, combia ing fcattered articles, giving fubftance to the meagre, and fupprefling thofe which have been thought uninterefting. In aiming at improve ment, materials accumulated, and, in defiance of indolence or feif denial, nearly one-fourth part of the prefent publication may be confi dered as additional matter. 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.