Excerpt from The Life of William Lord Russell, Vol. 1 of 2: With Some Account of the Times in Which He Lived But the character of lordvrussell was plain, sober, and unaffected: he was not endewed with brilliant talents, and he madeno attempt to distinguish, either by speaking or writing, his own merit from that of the party with which he acted. He does not appear as an original proposer bf any great measure; and he always inclined to the course which was the least striking and ambitious. It may be said; obtrude ypon the public an account of his life? I can truly answer, that after having written by far the greater part of this' work; and laid its aside for nearly two years, my first impressions on reading it again were, that it could not, in this shape, be given to theworld. 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.