The Letters of Runnymed (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Letters of Runnymed <p>Sin - I have the honour to dedicate to you a volume illustrative of whigs and whiggism. It has been my object to delineate within its pages not only the present characters and recent exploits of the most active of the partisans, but also the essential and permanent spirit of the party. It appeared to me that it might be advantageous to connect the criticism on the character of the hour with some researches into the factions idiosyncrasy of centuries. Political parties are not so inconsistent as the superficial imagine; and, in my Opinion, the Whig of a century back does not differ so materially as some would represent from the Whig of the present day. I h0pe, therefore, that this volume may conduce, not only to the amusement, but to the instruction of my countrymen. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.