Excerpt from Memoirs of Richard Cumberland: Written by Himself, Containing an Account of His Life and Writings; Interspersed With Anecdotes and Characters of Several of the Most Distinguished Characters of His Time, With Whom He Has Had Intercourse and Connection I must solicit the condescension of my readers to a much humbler topic, and proceed to speak professedly of my self. 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.