Excerpt from Historical Characters, Vol. 2 of 2: Talleyrand; Cobbett; Mackintosh; Canning I still remember, amongst the memorable events of my early youth, an invitation to meet Sir James Mackintosh at dinner; and the eager and respect ful attention with which this honoured guest was received. I still remember also my anxiety to learn the especial talents, or remarkable words, for which Sir James was distinguished, and the unsatisfactory replies which all my questions eli cited. He was a writer, but many had written better ...
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Excerpt from Historical Characters, Vol. 2 of 2: Talleyrand; Cobbett; Mackintosh; Canning I still remember, amongst the memorable events of my early youth, an invitation to meet Sir James Mackintosh at dinner; and the eager and respect ful attention with which this honoured guest was received. I still remember also my anxiety to learn the especial talents, or remarkable words, for which Sir James was distinguished, and the unsatisfactory replies which all my questions eli cited. He was a writer, but many had written better; he was a speaker, but many had spoken better; he was a philosopher, but many had done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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