[Publications] . sily able in many instances tocarry further my object in this respect. I am not awarethat any of the papers, with one or two exceptions, havebeen printed elsewhere ; and even in the very few exceptedcases, the large additions and important differences willnot merely reconcile the reader to the repetition, butprobably convince him of its fitness. INTRODUCTION. Vll It has been thought that the insertion of fac-similes ofthe writing of a considerable number of the distinguishedpersonages who figure in the course of the volume, prin-cipally as correspondents of Lord Ellesmere, wou
[Publications] . sily able in many instances tocarry further my object in this respect. I am not awarethat any of the papers, with one or two exceptions, havebeen printed elsewhere ; and even in the very few exceptedcases, the large additions and important differences willnot merely reconcile the reader to the repetition, butprobably convince him of its fitness. INTRODUCTION. Vll It has been thought that the insertion of fac-similes ofthe writing of a considerable number of the distinguishedpersonages who figure in the course of the volume, prin-cipally as correspondents of Lord Ellesmere, would notbe uninteresting. Although opportunities might havebeen taken for giving elsewhere specimens from thepen of Lord Ellesmere, it appeared to me that they wouldcome more appropriately at the commencement of awork of which he may be said to be the chief following was his Lordships handwriting not longafter he became Solicitor-General, and, consequently,early in his political and professional He continued to preserve the freedom and decisionof character indicated by his handwriting throughout life,and even the latest of his autographs afford little or noevidence of infirmity. The following is the subscription viii INTRODUCTION. to one of his most recent letters to his son, Sir JohnEgerton, afterwards Earl of Bridgewater.
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