Excerpt from Recollections, Political, Literary, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous, of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Anecdotes and Notes of Persons of Various Ranks, Prominent in Their Vocations, With Whom the Writer Was Personally Acquainted But strange as was the sufferance which permitted the long tyranny of the system to exist, more strange was the opposition made in many quarters to any attempt at its amelioration or removal. If any benefits had accrued to creditors from the existence of the system, it might be supposed they would have given their support to it from self - interest, however indefensible as part of a compact which governed their dealings and protected their property. But the fact was, it neither protected their property, nor put them in so good a situation to. Prevent the operations of fraud as the present system puts credi tors of the present day, by the improvements in the laws of bankruptcy and insolvency. 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.

Excerpt from Recollections, Political, Literary, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous, of the Last Half-Century, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing Anecdotes and Notices of Persons of Various Ranks, Prominent in Their Vocations, With Whom the Writer Was Personally Acquainted It will be necessary, as preliminary to his labours, for the author of the notices contained in these volumes to explain the scope and nature of his undertaking, as well to prevent his meaning from being misunderstood as to afford the public the option of reading his pages or of desisting from their examination. By this means criticism will be rightly directed and disappointment avoided; the writer and the reader will meet in fairness, proceed in unity, and it is hoped part company with mutual sympathies and good feeling. 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.