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abhorence they hold the arbitrary schemes of our insidious enemies," etc.
After all, therefore, and notwithstanding all the attempts to rob him of his laurels, I think the evidence in favour of Carey is too sub-stantial to be brushed on one side.
Poor Carey died on October 4th, 1743, having hanged himself in a fit of depression at his lodgings in Warner Street, Coldbath Fields. According to a writer in the " Biographia Dra-matica," 1782, Carey led a life absolutely with-out blame or shame. He states: " As the quali-ties that Carey was endowed with were such as rendered him an entertaining companion, it is no wonder he should be, as he frequently was, in streights. He therefore in his difficulties had recourse to his friends, whose bounty he ex-perienced in subscriptions for the Works which he from time to time published. He was, how-ever, still unhappy, though the cause of it is not certainly known. It has been suggested by some to have been occasioned by the malevo-lence of those of his own profession, by others to domestic uneasiness, and some ascribe it chiefly to his embarrassed circumstances. To whatever it was owing his catastrophe was shocking. In a fit of despair he laid violent hands upon himself, and by means of a halter
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