Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . MEMOIRS O F T H E LIFE, Writings, and Conduct O F Dr. Francis Atterbury, Late Biiliop of Rochefler. HE Cafe of Dr. Francis After--htiry^ \^te^\{ho^oiRochefler^ hasbeen fo long the Subject of a Par-liamentary Confideration^ andhas occaiiou d fuch various Speculations and B differ. different Refentments in Mankind; that thePublication of fome true and authentick Me-moirs, relating to fo remarkable a Man, can-not but be an Entertainment of fome Curi-ofity: And to
Memoirs of the life and conduct of DrFrancis Atterbury ..from his birth, to his banishmentAddress'd to the RtHonWilliam Pulteney, Esq . MEMOIRS O F T H E LIFE, Writings, and Conduct O F Dr. Francis Atterbury, Late Biiliop of Rochefler. HE Cafe of Dr. Francis After--htiry^ \^te^\{ho^oiRochefler^ hasbeen fo long the Subject of a Par-liamentary Confideration^ andhas occaiiou d fuch various Speculations and B differ. different Refentments in Mankind; that thePublication of fome true and authentick Me-moirs, relating to fo remarkable a Man, can-not but be an Entertainment of fome Curi-ofity: And to confider him thro all the Sta-ges of Life, both in his publick and privateCapacities, as a Man of great Wit and In-trigue, both as a T)hine and Tolitician^ aScholar and Senator^ a Teer and Trelateof this Nation, may poflibly be a Means tofettle our Judgments, both with Regard tohis real Merit, and the Righteoufnefs of theLaw that has pafsd againft him. In what Manner a Subjed: of this Natureis to be handled, the Wifdom of the Govern-ment has happily fet us an Example, by order-ing him to be treated with the Refpe(5l fuit-able to his Character, during his Confine-ment in the Tower ^ by guarding him againftthe Infults and Outrages of the People, whenhe was brought to the Senate-Houfe at anyTime j and by granting him fome Favoursand Indulgencies peculiar, when he cameto make his Defence at the Bar: And ifth
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