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Excerpt from The Diary (1709-1720) Of Edward Rud, Sometime Fellow of Trinity College, and Rector of North Runcton in Norfolk: To Which Are Added Several Unpublished Letters of Dr. Bentley <p>Of Dr.' Bentley, to whom the diary owes almost all its interest, the picture that is presented is not a pleasing one. Utter want of principle and an overbearing tone and manner to all who opposed him are very manifest. And this impression is enhanced if we recollect that of the two parties into which the College was then unhappily divided, Rud decidedly belonged to the Master's - never taking any part in the prosecution, voting for him against the grace for taking away his degrees, besides assisting him in his preparations for his edition of the Greek Testament3. It may be added also, that Rud's character always stood high, and that he could have had no motive for giving an unfavourable colour to any of Bentley's proceedings. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.