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      reception from such people as the congregation at Boliover must have consisted of , upon his ardent and aspiring mind , there were probably at that time those who could foresee . He left Chesterfield in the winter of

      1715 , 1716 , and he next appears in London . He seems to have then laid aside all thoughts of engaging in the ministry among the Dissenters , but he still retained the principles , religious and political , which he had imbibed

      during his education among them . His biographer has very justly observed , that when he was a young man his letters were " full of imagination , vivacity and elegance . ** This long note shall be further enlarged by a few extracts from a small collection of

      letters addressed to his brother and sister Milnes , which will be found further illustrative of his early character and history .

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      night ? If you had as much of it as we , I doubt not \> ut you have monsters and prodigies enough to fill a she » t with . Here it has been improved into armies fighting , heads appearing , and what not . One good woman in Moorfields sat

      preaching and preparing us all for the day of judgment . Another , who had a greater turn to politics than religion , explained it against the King for not reprieving the two lords , till another informed us it was actually done , and sospoiled the scheme . But the best

      conjecture I heard was , that it was Lord Derwentwater ' s soul marching in state out of purgatory . Since then , indeed , I have met with some people ( who were doubtless either Presbyterians or Atheists ) that imagined the whole business was only a quantity of matter , of which , by

      reason of the hard weather , the air must be prodigiously full , set on fire by the increasing heat of the sun , as is very usual in cold countries . But a profane account as this I hope you will pay little regard to .... For all this summer , if my health continues , I shall not be able to

      stir one step ^ except for one week to Oxford . Yet I sincerely profess , all the variety and novelty of this great city would not equal the pleasure of an entertainment with an honest , learned , goodnatured friend or two at such a place as Chesterfield . "

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      Notices of the Early Life of Archbishop Seeker . 07

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      " London { Jan . 1716 ] . " We had a very loyal and civil mob on Thursday night , with illuminations in every house , and a great number of boniires . In one over against Bow Church they burnt the Pretender , the Pope , Earl of Marr , Duke of Ormond ^ and Lord Bolin ^ roke , in figures , which they

      intended at first to have carried in procession with gr / at pomp , but the King forbad it . At another , I was agreeably entertained with a concert of warmingpans , carried by gentlemen veiy well dressed round the fire , and played upon by others following them with white

      staves . A very proper sort of music , and well received by the company . Some little disturbance there was on the other side , but very inconsiderable . Only in Cousin Brough ' s parish they had the impudence to toll the bell almost all day , as at a funeral . It is reported here with

      the utmost confidence , by men of note , that the Pretender is certainly under arrest for several millions , by the Duke of Orleans' order , in Lorrain . The town agrees very well with me , and I hope will continue to do so . Pray give my service to Mr . Thomas , and teU him Alderman

      Ludlam is a more obstinate , blind Tory than ever , and will scarce believe Marr ' s declaration genuine , or that there was any such thing as a rebellion in Scotland , unless it was by the Presbyterians : however , he retains his usual civility to me , and makes me very welcome .

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      " London \ Marchy 1716 ] . " Now I talk of news , did you spe the Grange light in the sfcies teat Tuesday

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      " London { July 26 , 1716 ] . " Dear Sister , " Well , Mrs . Milnes , if you will not give me an account of your journey to Lincoln , I will give you one of my ramble to Oxford : for I can only deal with you as I do with people on the road . T first stand still , and see whether they will turn out , and if they will not , 1 then turn out myself : you must know , then ,

      on Friday night I had been playing the good fellow , and , coming , home about twelve , found a summons down to Brentford next day , in order to go to Windsor on Monday . I obeyed very readily , and resolved to kill two birds with one stone , and to go to Oxford at the same time . For I had just then received news that

      Miss ( I cannot spell that ugly name ) was married beyond recovery ; and travelling you know is an old remedy for desponding lovers . . . . . 1 left the company and went to Oxford . There I met , with an honest friend I had not seen pf two years before , and in him with all the

      pleasure 1 could wish for . We talked xmr own talk without controul and railed at the University as freely as they do at somebody else . I hope you do not think I mean the King ; for I lean assure you , while I was there a very -considerable person

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1820, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2485/page/3/