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Excerpt from Speeches, Articles, &C, of Edward James Herbert Third Earl of Powis: With Selections From His Latin Compositions
The Right Hon. Edward James Herbert, third Earl of Powis, Viscount Clive, and Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and High Steward of Cambridge University, died on the 7th of May, 1891, at the age of seventy-three years. His Lordship's will was dated 10th January, 1890, and there were two codicils dated April 15th, 1891, in which directions are given to his Executors (the Hon. Robert Charles Herbert and Major General the Hon. William Henry Herbert, brothers of the Earl) to print one hundred Copies of the Speeches, &c., as contained in two manuscript volumes, that had been prepared by his Lordship, adding thereto Selections from a volume of his Greek and Latin Compositions. 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.
