Excerpt from The Spectator, Vol. 2 Asi the profest Design of this Work 13 to Entertain its Readers in general, without vmg Offence to any particular Person, it would be d cult to find out so proper a Patron for it as Your self, there being none whose Merit is more universally acknowledged by all Parties, and who has made himself more Pnends, and fewer Enemies. Your great Abilities, and un uestioned Integrity, 1n those High Employments which ou have passed through, would not have been able to have raised You this encral Approbation, had they not been accompanied witlg1 that Moderation in an high Fortune, and that Affability of Manners, which are so conspicuz ous through all parts of Your Life. Your Aversion to any Ostentatious Arts of Setting to show those G: eat Services which You have done the Publick, has not likewise a little contributed to that Universal Acknowledgment which 1s paid You by Your Country The Consideration of this Part of Your Character is that which hinders me from enlarging on those Extra! Ordinary Talents, which have given You Figure in the British Senate, as welly as 0lion tha and Politeness, which a ar in Conversation. I should unpardonable, if, after what Ihave said, I should longer detain You with an Address of this Nature; I cannot, however, conclude it without owning those great Obligations which You have laid upon. 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.