Excerpt from Germany, From 1760 to 1814, or Sketches of German Life, From the Decay of the Empire to the Expulsion of the French These are considerations of so high and serious a nature, that 1 should have shrunk from any attempt to deal with them, had it been proposed to me in the outset. But they grew. Out Of my subject I was led into them by imperceptible degrees, and I now find myself - not without some alarm - far be yond the modest limits I had originally prescribed to myself. Yet, as will be seen by those who have the patience to go to the end Of my solemn and eventful story, I have, as much as possible, kept to my calling Of translator and, at the risk Of wearying them with extracts and quotations, have secured myself behind the welcome defence Of inverted commas. 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.