Excerpt from Passages From the Diaries of Mrs. Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwick House, Oxon., A. D. 1756 to 1808 This monument was erected by Mrs. Girle in memory of her deceased husband, John Girle, Esquire, late of lincoln's-inn-fields, London, Surgeon, who having early in life acquired an ample fortune, the just reward of superior eminence, and unremitting diligence in his profession, indulged himself in the pleasing pro spect of dedicating the remainder of his days to the noblest purpose of humanity, the relief of the distresses, and infirmities, of his indigent fellow-creatures, an office which the goodness of his heart made him ever under take with readiness, and which the skill of his hand enabled him generally to execute with success. But this pious purpose was broken off by his death, which happened July sth, 1761, in the soth year of his age. He married the daughter of John Slaney, of Worcester shire, by whom he left an only daughter, married to Philip Lybbe Powys, Esquire, of Hardwick, Oxon. 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.