Excerpt from Blighted Ambition, or the Rise and Fall of the Earl of Somerset, Vol. 1 of 3: A Romance Latitude to Fancy, not with any view of distorting the truths we would com manicate, but to connect the details of our narrative, much in the same way as the carpenters, who erected the Pavilion on Woolwich Common, gilded the ropes which support its can vas roof, rather for decoration, than for strength. We have not, however, allowed ourselves to be drawn by the dominion of Fancy, beyond the line. 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.