Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart, Vol. 1 of 4: To Which Is Prefixed, the Life and Character of the Author The Author, unhappily'for'polterity, committed to the flames the Pirji Part of the Mamaz'rs of his nego tiations, for reafon's which are guefied at by Dr. Swift. (fee, Vol. II. P. But to fupply that lofs he permit ted the publication of the Letters he wrote during the period which made the fubjeet of that part: thofe Letters are therefore, in this edition, prefixed to the Seemed Part of his filemoim. 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.