▁of ▁Will ing don ▁and ▁Ar ling ton , ▁Sus sex . ▁He ▁also ▁succeeded ▁to ▁the ▁rect ory ▁of ▁Bu xt ed , ▁his ▁father ▁being ▁allowed ▁to ▁res ign ▁in ▁his ▁favour , ▁and ▁gave ▁up ▁the ▁Pe per har ow ▁living . ▁His ▁health ▁was ▁poor , ▁and ▁he ▁settled ▁down ▁to ▁a ▁literary ▁life , ▁undert aking ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Ste ele , ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Robert . ▁ ▁Clar ke ▁died , ▁after ▁grad ual ▁decay ▁and ▁par al ysis , ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 7 8 6 . ▁ ▁Works ▁Clar ke ' s ▁first ▁publication ▁was ▁a ▁poem ▁in ▁Greek ▁hex am eters , ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Frederick , ▁Prince ▁of ▁Wales , ▁in ▁the ▁Lu ct us ▁Academ i æ ▁Cant ab rig i ensis , ▁ 1 7 5 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 5 ▁he ▁published ▁A ▁Let ter ▁to ▁a ▁Friend ▁in ▁Italy , ▁and ▁Vers es ▁on ▁reading ▁Mont f au con . ▁He ▁produced ▁Let ters ▁concerning ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Spain ▁… ▁written ▁at ▁Madrid ▁during ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 7 6 0 ▁and ▁ 1 7 6 1 , ▁( 1 7 6 3 ), ▁with ▁details ▁and ▁statistics ; ▁and ▁A ▁Def ence ▁of ▁the ▁conduct ▁of ▁the ▁Lieutenant - g overn or ▁of ▁the ▁Island ▁of ▁Men or ca , ▁in ▁Rep ly ▁to ▁a ▁Print ed ▁Lib el ▁( Lond on , ▁ 1 7 6 7 ). ▁ ▁Family ▁In ▁