Excerpt from Letters From the Abb¿dgeworth to His Friends: Written Between the Years 1777 and 1807, With Memoirs of His Life, Including Some Account of the Late Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, Dr. Moylan, and Letters to Him From the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, and Other Persons of DistinctionThe Abb¿dgeworth was a silent, though not an idle spectator of the great moral drama in Which he was destined to act so conspicuous a part. The crimes, the vices, and the mistakes of the politicians who ruled France in the early stages of the revolution were not unknown to him. His mind was too deeply impressed with the no tion of an over-ruling Providence to despond, although the catastrophe was equally tra gical as mysterious and hence the readerof his letters cannot feel surprised at the confidence with which' he urges his opinion, that the French will, sooner or later, return to their former masters, though it be impas sible to say by what means or when. The opinions of such a man, under such cir cumstances, must naturally be deserving of attenti on and regard.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.