Excerpt from Some Account of the Character of the Late Right Honourable Henry Bilson Legge Thefe things are barely, and perhaps not accurately meri tioned, becaufe other Men have patfed thro' fuch Offices. Emi nence of Station not being, in every cafe, an Argument of Eminent Wox it is, in itfelf, but a feeble Recommendation to Pof'terity, and will prove no more at befi, than that the Perfon exalted was Fortunate. The Moderation and Equanimity, with which Mr. Legge bore his Succefs, was the more extraordinary, as he was one of the few Men, advanced to high Offices, who are not fo much obliged to Fortune, as to Themfelves; and if his Character could be duly reprefented to future times, his Promo tion would appear to have done honor to the prefent Age. The Characters of Perfons of Dif'tinetion are often celebrated, by a Recital of the Vices and Failings, from which they are exempt; and in this view, there are perhaps none, among the mof't exceptionable, totallyexcluded from Praife. But this would be but a poor Defer-iption of the real Virtues and Excellencies of Mr. Legge. They were inconfiftent with many or great Failings, and they fo polfeffed the Attention of his Obfervers, and fo effectually concealed the few Foibles, which he might have, that Malice itfelf appears, from fome things which were faid of him, to have been quite at a lofs, on what part of his Character to alight. 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.