Excerpt from The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature: For the Year 1778<br><br>Although it be a year which has not allorded thofe great and fignal actions which throw a fafcinating fple'fid'our Over the face of Hifiory,' it has abounded with bufinefs of leis lufire, but of the mofl important nature, in a degree, perhaps, unequalled in our annals. Our attention to domeilic matters, has not, however, pre vented oqayinga due regard to that war, which was commenced with fuchi tre 'mendons appearances in, Germany, and (0 fpeedily and happily concluded.. The ex~ traordinary bulk of our. Hiltory, notwith fianding. Our utmoft endeavours (both for our own fake, and that of our Readers) to compreis., it within more moderate limits, will, we hope, afl'ord an unqueilionable tefiirnony to the Public, that neither our zeal, nor our indufiry, are flackened by their favour.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.