Excerpt from British Biography, or an Accurate and Impartial Account of the Lives and Writings of Eminent Persons, in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1: From Wickliff, Who Began the Reformation by His Writings, to the Present Time IN the characters of individuals, we have fome times difi'ered from our biographical predecefi'ors. We have not been difpofed to lavilh our encomiums on fome characters, on whom the incenfe of praife has been bellowed in the mofl liberal manner by pre ceding writers. In thefe cafes, however, we hope we have been influenced, not by prejudice, but by reafon and by truth. We would wilh to be impartial but we cannot {uppofe that commendations are due to the Opprefi'ors of mankind, to thofe who have been em ployed in trampling on the rights of human, nature. 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.