Excerpt from Sir Thomas Lawrence's Letter-Bag Let us remember that there is more than enough reason to accept his own heartbroken declaration that though his ardour was beyond that of the woman he loved, in tenderness, truth, and constancy it was not behind it. Let the mental hermaphrodite, who is so much in love with himself that he cannot forgive another for the folly of loving a woman to his own hurt. 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.