Eminent Persons, Vol. 5
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Excerpt from Eminent Persons, Vol. 5: Biographies, Reprinted From the Times; 1891 1892 The death of Mr. Kinglake, which took place at his London residence on Friday afternoon, can only he regarded as a merciful release from sufferings endured with characteristic fortitude. For long his life must have been somewhat burdensome. Though he loved to seclude himself with his work and his books, to the last he was eminently sociable, and his growing deafness must have been exquisitely trying to a man who was morbidly sensitive to the finesse of intellect and the refinements of thought But more serious trials were to follow. Cancer laid hold of the roots of the tongue, and painful operations only brought temporary relief. The pen fell from the hand of the brilliant historian, and it was sad for his friends to have their inquiries as to his health answered by the Sister of Charity who acted as his amanuensis. Subsequently he rallied wonderfully and almost recovered any cheerfulness he had lost. Nearly to the last, so far as possible, he had been faithful to his old habits and to his favourite haunts. His mother, as he tells us in Eothen, had taught him in earliest childhood to find a home in the saddle; but many years ago, as he felt infirmities stealing upon him, he had given up his morning canters in the Park. 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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