The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 3

Download or read book The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 3 written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 3: For the Year 1819 Those feelingly alive to the suggestions of benevolence may not be displeased with the zealous attempts of the late Sir Thomas Bernard to meliorate the condition of the poor; and the successful enterprise of Dr. Cogan to found and endow the Royal Humane Society, cannot fail to meet with due approbation and applause. Of the learned Dr. Burney, if not a very copious, yet a very correct account will be here found; while the laborious and technical investigations of that old and indefatigable servant of the public, the late Right Honourable George Rose, (rewarded, as he certainly was, to the full extent of his merits, ) will be discovered on one occasion, to have saved millions to his country. The sudden and melancholy death of Sir Samuel Romilly contributed to cast a gloom over society, and actually operated for a while like a great national calamity. A gentleman not wholly unacquainted with that great and original character, has attempted memoir somewhat after the manner of the French Eloge. The minuter facts are chiefly contained in the notes; and there is no occasion to offer any pledge as to the authenticity of the materials. 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.