Excerpt from The Life of the Late John Elwes, Esquire: Member in Three Successive Parliaments for Berkshire Such have been my reasons for publishing the life of Mr. Elwes; and I feel pleasure, that while I may have given those smaller traits of action which best delineate character, I can truly and conscientiously say, I have not omit ted one circumstance, in my memory, that was honourable to the man whose history I have written. With this honest assurance, I present the memoir, thus reprinted, to the public. Their approbation Of it, more kind, perhaps, than just, has called for its republication. 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.