The Works of Sir William Temple, in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 of 2 But not to be wholly silent in the Case of a Person of such Variety of Talents, we are to remember that Sir William Temple Baronet, was the Son of Sir John Temple of Sheen, in the County of Surry, Master of the Rolls, and Privy Counsellor in Ireland, in the Reign of King Charles the Second. His Mother was Mary Daughter to Mr. Hammond, and Sister to the celebrated Dr. Hammond one of the great Ornaments of the Church of England. His Grand-Father, the first Sir William Temple and Secretary to the unfortunate Earl of Essex in Queen Elizabeth´s Time, was a younger Son of the ancient Family of the Temples, of Temple-Hall in Leicestershire. Our present Author Sir William marry´d Dorothy the daughter of Sir Peter Osborne, Governor of Jersey for King Charles the First, by whom he had a numerous Issue; and yet but one Daughter who surviv´d him. From his Youth he discovered a curious and penetrating Genius and a remarkable Thirst after Knowledge, which his Father happily took care to cultivate by a genteel and liberal Education. After he pass´d the Latin School, he was sent to Cambridge in which University he distinguish´d himself by the Improvements he made in all the Parts of human Learning; and, besides the Academick Tongues, he made himself perfect Master of the two most useful modern Languages, the French and the Spanish. So that when he remov´d from thence, he had by his Parts and his Industry made himself capable of any publick Employment. In which manner he pass´d twenty Years with particular Honour and Success, namely, from the thirty second to the fifty second Year of his Age; which he took to be the Part of a Man´s Life, most fit to be dedicated to the Service of his Prince and Country; the rest being, as he observ´d, too much taken up with his Pleasures, or his Ease. His political Principles would not suffer him to enter upon any publick Affairs, till the Way was made open for the King´s Restoration in the Year 1660; nor wou´d they allow him to continue in Business any longer than the Year 1680; when the French Party having gain´d so much Ground, he sent his Son to acquaint the King with his Resolutions, to pass the remainder of his Life, like, as good a private Subject as any he had, but never to, meddle with any publick Employment. 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.
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