But it is nothing of the kind, as many can testify.

A more elusive, non-recorded character is hardly to be found.

We know all about him, but very little of him.

His parentage, his places of education, many of his friends and acquaintances, are all known.

He wrote nearly four hundred letters to his Hull constituents, carefully preserved by the Corporation, in which he narrates with much particularity the course of public business at Westminster.
Notwithstanding these materials, the man Andrew Marvell remains undiscovered.