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    JV | iv !§ togdon was also the writer of another Tract * entitled , " Seasonable Advice relating to the Present Disputes about the

    Holy Trinity , addressed to both contending Parties . * ' This piece , which is now before me , truly answered its title : it was compdsed with temper , in a conciliating strain , and abounded with

    remarks judiciously appropriate to the parties , with whom it remonstrates in favour of mutual capdour and forbearance . No tract , at that juncture , -iiad-been written in that peculiar way * It met tvith very favourable reception , and it seems , was much read .

    ** I am very sure / ' whatever effect it had , if that labour of love , " s " aith Sir . Biilingsley 5 cc : cannot be forgotten or go unrewarded by our common Lord , whom in every thing he served with all his power .

    The few pieces which came from Mr . Stogdon ' pen , though they did ' jtipt exceed the size of a casual and . temporary pamphlet , if anopiniofr can be' formed-from the preceding Tract , ' must have indicated a strength and vigour of intellect , and the acquirements

    of learning . jHis mental faculties w £ re distinguishing . "He haul a penetrating judgment ; a clear and judicious turn of thought ; a distinct and comprehensive view of things ; ' was quick

    to discern the prpper difficulties oh both sides oCya question , arid where the stress % t }< f pffint of difficulty lay / ' He was often hesird to say more on that side , which in his o ^ n ., view . ' ^ y ^ u * &r r $ * ieous ihkti' th ^ iriofei pilo us d ^ fenderi and

    close arid sol | d r ^ sp ^ i ; ; his understanding Xvais ^ iJ |||| y ^ furnish-

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    ed . He had a great-viyacify- au « d quickness of thought fn tinion with a faithful and tenacious memovy .

    He was not so happy in his bodily ^ ippeatan ^ ce as He was in mental power ^ . He suffe re d , through a great part of his life , from a very w « ik Unhealthy coru

    stitution ; and , when he was about ele / en years of age 9 a childish ( rick \ yas attended with an accident , that gave ever after a deformity to his person , which often drew ridicule on him . " He was

    far from insensible of contempt ; but never was Qne more manly and graceful ill bearing , or more quick and ingenious in throwing

    it off / ' The . time being pretty well known , when'he would pass through the city of Wells , on his way to Wookey , it -was common for some , standing at their dbors , to give notice of it to others , ^ nd all were prepared to expend upou him their respective funds of wit *

    If he frequently was a ^ one who heard not , sometimes he would stop , and by a direct and steady look , with a word or two , put one or .. tither of them out of countenance and make him ashamed .

    Once m company "with many persons , in a place of public resorV ^ as he was reading one of" the journals , he came to a letter , < basely designed to ridicule a person of his make , on which he

    said ; * . Hero is a letter to me , " and / ead it out c * Um and undisturbdd ,, as he had the rest of the paper . tjis general strain , of conversation was pleasant and facetious j as his manners w £ re courleous ^ and

    obliging . ; 44 Wit and innocent humour * d ^ cpiit ancl sood natured freedom ; good ^ ense and soli *

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    122 Memoir of the Rev * Hubert Stogdon .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/2/