Peter Longueville

The English Hermit Peter Longueville

Excerpt from The English Hermit: Or Unparalleled Sufferings and Surprising Adventures of Mr. Philip Quarll, Who Was Lately Discovered on an Uninhabited Island in the South Sea; Where He Had Lived About Fifty Years Without Any Human Assistance Dorrington, for some time, was a student of Gray's Inn; but, liking a country life best, he having thoroughly qualified him self, retired to F rome, the above - mentioned residence of his father; where he married Mrs. Margaret Groves, of Taunton, a gen tlewoman of about a thousand pounds' for tune. Soon after his marriage, he went and. Settled at Bath, where the integrity of his fair practice soon rendered him eminent in his profession. He acquired a very com petent estate, and died in the year 1708, having no other issue than his only son, the present Mr. Edward Dorrington, whom he hadpmo be bred a merchant, under the care of Mr. Stephen Graham, of Bristol. His diligence and courteous behaviour, during his servitude, so highly recommended him to his master's esteem that, when his time was expired, he admitted him into a moiety of his commerce, married him to his daughter, and gave her a handsome por tion suitable to his merit. The happiness of my acquaintance with him began in his apprenticeship; and has. 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.