Excerpt from Grace King, or Recollections of Events in the Life and Death of a Pious Youth: With Extracts From Her Diary Grace was about five years of age when I first saw her, and, was residing in a religious, family, who'were inti mate friends of her deceased parents In personal appearance this child was lovely; she might be truly called beau tz'ful. She had a fine, lofty, and ex panded forehead; her eyes were a deep, dark blue; her skin was clear and fair; her lips were bright as ru bies; and her full cheeks were like blooming roses. She was by nature of a sweet and teachable temper, and her manners were such as reflected great'credit on the Judgment and piety of her deceased mother. At the time I first saw her she could. Read well, and was very fond of good books. 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.