The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TO THE MOST KOBIT. HENRY ARTHUR HERBERT, EARL OF POWIS, Viscount Ludlow, Lord Herbert Of Cherbury, Baron Powis And Ludlow, And Treasurer Of His Majesty's Household. My lord, Permit me to offer to your lordship in this more durable manner the very valuable preser.t I received from your hands. To your...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: TO THE MOST KOBIT. HENRY ARTHUR HERBERT, EARL OF POWIS, Viscount Ludlow, Lord Herbert Of Cherbury, Baron Powis And Ludlow, And Treasurer Of His Majesty's Household. My lord, Permit me to offer to your lordship in this more durable manner the very valuable preser.t I received from your hands. To your lordship your great ancestor owes his revival; and suffer me, my lord, to tell the world what does you so much honour, you have given him and me leave to speak truth; an indulgence which I am sorry to say few descendants of heroes have minds noble enough to allow. Hitherto lord Herbert has been little known but as an author. I much mistake, if hereafter he is not considered as one of the most extraordinary characters which this country has produced. Men of the proudest blood shall not blush to distinguish themselves in letters as well as arms, when they learn what excellence lord Herbert attained in both. Your lordship's lineage at least will have a pattern before their eyes toexcite their emulation: and while they admire the piety with which you have done justice to your common ancestor, they cannot be forgetful of the obligation they will have to your lordship's memory for transmitting to them this record of his glory. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient, and most obliged servant. Horace Walpolc. chapter{{Section 4ADVERTISEMENT. Some years ago the following pages wou'd have been reckoned one of the greatest presents which the learned world could have received. The Life of the famous Lord Herbert of Chirbury, written by himself, would have excited the curiosity of the whole republic of letters. Perhaps a less proportion of expectation may attend this its late appearance. IJot that the abilities of the noble write...