Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, Vol. 1 of 2 Notwithstanding the high estimation in which he was held, his familiar intercourse with many of the first rank, his being a'great favourite of Frede ric Prince of Wales, and paying a pretty constant attendance at court, he never rose to higher prefer ment, if, however, we except his being made clerk of the closet to the Princess Dowager of Wales in 1761, when he was fourscore years of age. 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.