Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart, Vol. 2 of 4: To Which Is Prefixed, the Life and Character of the Author, Considerably Enlarged To the Elector ocntz. A l'electeur de M syenes. Hague, A 31 Sir, N. S. Lges. 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.