Memoirs of a Deist, Written First A. D. 1793-4: Being a Narrative of the Life and Opinions of the Writer, Until the Period of His Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Memoirs of a Deist, Written First A. D. 1793-4: Being a Narrative of the Life and Opinions of the Writer, Until the Period of His Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ The strong impression which was made upon my imagination, by the perusal of ancient history, poetry, and romance, soon displayed itself in the following manner. Among other books, I read Pape’s Homer so often, and With so much pl’easure, that I could nearly repeat Whole books from memory; and atlast I re solved to realize, if possible, those glorious seeaes’, which afforded me such rapture ‘fmm thejmere perusal. This purpose I at length effected in miniature, partly by example and kindling the fire of puerile emulation in the 130m of my friends, and partly by the agree. Men’t of some wags, who sought for amuse ment in my folly. 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.