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 Unavoidable avocations prevented the work from solely occupying my attention, though not from occupying it chiefly. The anxiety of an author leads me to dread that the perspicacious reader will, in the defects, very readily perceive the intermission, though he may doubt the exertion, or at least deny it to have been effectual. The nature of the subject has necessarily introduced other characters, especially literary and political. My desire has been to narrate truely and appreciate impartially: if I have failed, it has been an error of judgment, not a misrepresentation of intention. In the execution of my plan, I have been assisted with valuable information, for which I feel greatly indebted to the donors. From the able and learned Editor of the "Posthumous Works" I have received many important facts and observations, not to be derived from any other source. As his opportunities of knowing action were many, and his talents for estimating character great, his communications of the result were liberal. 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.

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