Excerpt from The Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Vol. 1 of 5: Lord Viscount Bolingbroke But thefe dreary. Inflitutibns were of no very long conti finance 5; as foon as it was fit totakezhim out of the hands of the women, he. Wastientd-to, -eton, _ fchool, and 1 moved thencg to, Gliriii'e-chiurch college in Oitford'f. His genius and underflanding-wereefeen and admired inboth thefe femina Lies, but his love of pleafure had {0 much the afcendency, that; heu contentedrather with the confcioufnefs of than their exertion. However his friends, and/thofe wh'o, kiiew' him 'amol't intimately, were thoroughlyfenfible of the eittent of his mind and when he left the univerfity, .he was confidered as one who had the fairef't opportunityof making a {hining figure in aetive life. 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.