LADY RUSSELL'S LETTERS, VOL. 1 CLASSIC

Excerpt from Lady Russell's Letters, Vol. 1 The'good sense, tender affection, fortitude, and re ligion, of lady Russell, are eminently displayed in the following collection of Letters; to which Dr. Birch often refers, in his Life of Archbishop Tillot son, giving also two or three extracts. The letters were copied from the originals by Thomas Sellwood, who lived in her family, and dedicated them to the late duke of Bedford. His manuscript, which is in the library at Woburn Abbey, being faithfully transcribed, permission was easily obtained to pub lish this illustrious monument of female virtue. May the example of a lady, no less distinguished by merit than dignity, excite imitation! And may the conduct of the great be universally inżuenced by the maxim, that nobility derives its brightest splen dour from solid piety l. 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.