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Excerpt from A Rememberance of the Honors Due to the Life and Death: Of Robert Carle of Salisbury, Lord Treasurer of England, &C
Of Lord Salisbury himself, we have merely to observe, that, in spite of all the vulgar detraction and popular clamour to which he was in his life-time continually exposed, and which indeed accompanied him to his grave, he was, perhaps, as upright a statesman, and unquestionably as able a minister, as this country ever possessed. A perfect understanding of the English Constitution, and a true knowledge of the just limits of the Royal prerogative, enabled him to prevent the fatal consequences which, it is very easy to conceive, might otherwise have arisen from the frequent disputes between a Sovereign like James the First and his parliaments-l In fact he appears, on all occasions, to have been firmly attached to the substantial interests of his country; and, what probably will be looked upon by some as the best trait in his character, he was above all corruption from. 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.
