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Excerpt from Some Account of the Life of the Late Gilbert Earle, Esq.
Oh! That the world could never thus show itself to the young enthusiast, setting out on his career, eager and buoyant in all his golden dreams of love, and friendship, and honour, and disinterestedness; -and, what is more, believing in the endurance of all these! Oh! That this blight should never shrivel his spring-blossoms - But there is a state of ex istence, and that comprehending a much wider range, to which the remains of a withered man, like my poor friend, may read a fitting lesson. Itxis the life of insensibility, - of sensual indulgence, -of blind confidence, -of bloaflted pride - it is the life of all those who have built their house on the sands. To such self-deceivers this record may be useful. 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.
