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Excerpt from Novels and Miscellaneous Works, Vol. 8 From an anecdote in Boswell's Life of Johnson, we are referred to the following Memoirs for the best ac count of the military achievements of the earl of Peter borough. "The best account of lord Peterborough that I have happened to meet with, is in captain Carleton's Memoirs. Carleton was descended of an officer who had distinguished himself at the siege of Derry. 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.