Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart Complete, Vol. 1 of 4 The subject of the present Memoir was born in London in 1628, and first sent to school at Pens hurst in Kent, under the care of his uncle Dr. Hammond, then minister of that parish. At the age of ten he was removed to a school at Bishop Stortford in Hertfordshire, kept by Mr. Leigh, where he was taught Greek and Latin. At the age of fifteen he returned and remained at home for about two years, from some doubts, during these turbulent times, as to the propriety of send ing him to any university. These having been removed, he was about two years after enteredof Emanuel-college, Cambridge, under the tuition of the learned Cudworth. His father, intending him for political life, seems not to have thought a long residence here necessary; and therefore about the year 1647, or 1648, sent him on his travels While on his way to France, he visited the Isle of Wight, where his Majesty Charles I. Was then a prisoner; and there formed an attachment to Dorothy, second daughter of Sir Peter Osborn, of Chicksand in Bedfordshire, whom he afterwards married. 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.