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    tov Yarmouth . IJe accepted this Invitation with the more pleasure , as it brought him near one of his earliest , last , and best friends , Dr . John Manning , of Noirv ^ ich . Df . Manning , who was his fellow student at Kendal . and Edinburgh ,

    thus anticipates their ineeti ^ g , 44 It is with s happiness that you can jbetteriraagljie ^ an t describe , thai I heard of ; your resolution to preach at Yarmouth . I have nexep once enteriai ^ d a syrmi ^ e that ? your fri endship fpjr me was abated , and I can agsure you that mine remains the same as you

    formerly knew it * I have often spoken of it to iny old and my new friends , for I always consider that I draw honotfr fronji the rela * iion of our former intijma ^ y , ^ 'die Dr . adds , for , toe were notM $ o ~ crates in debynching ^ George but in wholesome studies and innocent

    recreations . " pu 54 . Shortly after , his settling at Yarmouth , he commenced his great workpn the Conic Sections , suggested to him by reading the Universal Arithmetic -pi Sir L NeWtop . TJbisf work for many subsequent years furnished a

    constant source of agreeable occupation to his leisure hours . Yet aji intemperate application to these » ijd , \ tu $ other pJursu ! p > $ Xi \\ c ]| mxacteri ^ ed his habits of life , and a Variety of consequent complaints ,

    alone compelled him to the occaaional intern ) j ^ sion of his studies . Mor months and years together hn * h ? x ^ t iwd to r # zt vf $ k the oi m ^ v ^

    wm 3 mj ^ m wHh » nta ^ W ^ ym ^^ MM dea | b , Mi wa *} m mtptZ t J&h BrRl » 96 fejs studies (|^^ n ^ mn ^ 4 ; . Iij » Uri , 19 f the . jnoTnm ^ , ; ^ t pjaaigowi ,, fee only allowed ; himself » t % ee hours for sleep , and be frequently spent

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    even that time in pursuing the inquiry which had occupied him at night , or me occasionally to record the train of thought or disquisition ^ which even in such circumstances had power to ba » nish sleep . At Yarmouth he

    XQ&rpedy apd on account of the new duties which his marriage involved , h $ refused an invitation ftom the late Marquis of Lansdowne , to become tutor tx > the last

    MarqujiS of Xansdofwne . Dr . Price strongly recommended him to the Marquis . Dr . Priestley after , wards accepted the invitation . In 1772 , h $ w ^ s induced to ac « cept tfie office > xrf Mathenaati-. cal Professor : j ^ the Warringtoh Academy , a ^ remai ne d there

    about two years . His salary being insufficient to his support obliged him to le ^ ve this situation . Here he published his Treatise on the Sph fr % ; . as a ^ textbook to his pupils : a work remarkable for the

    pw * ty q £ its Gepinetryi , and elegance of it 3 demonstrations . In i ^ solid figures it ha 9 a peculiar advantage ; to furBish > , $ QQ ^ copies with these squired the cutting out of more th ^ n 20 , 000 , which were afterwards to be divided , fitted ,

    and inserted iiv the planes to which they belong ; .: an immense labour , and peculiarly ii ^ sorn ^ t £ : &man of tast ^ s ^ ndh genius ^ - ^ This work the late Mr * Johnson bought for 4 O 4 which was afterwards

    remitted by ; tmUN * thor to indemnify the p ^ iWi ^ ti ^ ^ From \^ ftfriogt # 9 j in the aut , | ft ] pan Q 4473 T 4 , Hr ^ ps fe moved P > : ^ $ Hi # g | iamj yrhiph . may be Jf ^ S ^ p d : ^ **< tb ^ gre ^ t t ^ e ^ fere of hi ^ s ^^ t ^^ ftpdiU ^ Cu ^^ is- Here h ^ cpi at irHi ^ jtiH 1708 ^ apd during t ^ G j iuterrnediatQ period , topk W active and distinguished part ift

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    506 Review . - —Lift of Mr . George Walker *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1810, page 506, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2409/page/34/