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    twe , and , revenge the disoharge of a ^ dtbt of honour , moat . be left tothe cb&iity at the reader . This may be truly said , Jtb « t if a life of exUewdi misery , ' enured with almost aaintlypatieuce ^ from the 16 th xjf June , \ h 67 i until the day of her 2 de ** b , f upon the 8 th of February , 188 $ , coofcd atoue for crimes and evrors of the blass imputed to her * no such penalitywas e * e » more rfujly discharged than by Maty Stuart . ' N »* -P . 29 Su < . , jc

    It can hardly be expected that a fe * former ? so unique as Kuox should meet with much grace at the hands of onr au * thor ; yet the little-notice which is a £ * forded hint is » perhaps , as favourable las the milder tone of the present age is disposed to award to so fierce a sou . of thunder .

    " Thirty years had elapsed since the martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton for heresy ; and during that period the Prates * taut doctrines , obvious as they were to the most ordinary capacities , had risen into that estimation which sense and firmness wall always ultimately attain

    over craft and hypocrisy . They were promulgated by many daring preachers , who , with rude but ready eloquence , averred the truths which they were ready to seal . with their blood . Amongst * these , the most eminent was John Kuox , a man of a fearless heart and a fluent

    eloquence ; violent , indeed , and sometimes coarse , but the better fitted : to obtain influence in a coarse and turbulent ageycapable at once of reasoning with the wiser nobility , and inspiring ) with Iris own spirit > and zeal * the fierce populace . Ifotenuriot ^ and that species of candour

    whiaki niakes allowance for the prejudkesof birthionaituatiotiv ivepe unknown to ^ fads JuacbinpffcuDisiBg mind y and this deficiency untie -friin the more fit to play the di ^ oingniihed-part to which he was cpllorditf ^ tf . 4 « . »•> ens . , ;» b , p , ., .,, ivi ) r . iwi Rtimfiif L , iti <; iL ) iii > << \\ i ¦ ¦\ - r , i : .

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    , ha % , fuoiished < ua with . Aa J ^ oftyVr BfK&Uaeu conscious minuteness . Ate'HA&eti , Sir

    aiw ;^?^ rtr ! £ p ' » f tatoto * Jli 3 . ^ 8 r "' 5 ' ^ a ? ^ ™ ^ *^* k ^ ¦ .. /( I . , ifyfi jaiTnfdjr rlttn * % ! rr 'vui 3 u ' » t . * Ku »^ jii d JA 'j ^« fcBdo |* biugmph ^ /( Weirthy -tp obe >* fkuxAl * m * w € * n £ l 6 bciA * > 4 , lft :, lan ^ tGbl-Iiingm » o < i ? siliAttcrB L > hiatuthad tte / Aia . > 4 or ^ e «* ralu d » J e ^ ualo ^ o ^ i * Jwi ^ i « h »^ v 4 n amiabiUty , or to ^ the jAAmrrtiiiijiffank and fearless warju-heartedneBS , but he

    TlMfmw . ^^ aniqnf ^ rhwfcaMtoC ft » c » det ; , hqbpd h ^ n p ^^ ospl yjr ^ ted ^ midshipman , and ** such was his abhorrence of

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    a life of idleness / ' says his Keii . » biogcapsec , **« that he co > utinue ^ noloncarily itotpeFform , th » duties of < a anidsbipmatK ^ ui Shortly » after r ? we nod him . ! Temittmg a large portion of his - pafr to h is fatter ; j ( wboi was thea iabourtogt under p « Ju « hury difficulties ^)' , and i aboupy the sani&vtime he writes ! thus < £ 4 4 iia sis ter : ^ tv h » ye often wished tfeat you- were few hours

    tra ( afl ^) 6 f ted ^ for ai to my room , to k »' caned of / ^ oirr Westera notions of Asiatic luxury ; - While- you rejoice in inyirnaginaryigreatness , 1 am most likely stretched oup ! a mat , instead of my i ^ egal couch >; and walkiikg in an » old coat , and a ragged shirt , in tfce noonday sun ^ instead of looking down fw » ia aa elephant , invested in my royal garments- You

    may not believe me wbefr I tell yon , that 1 have Jievex experkneed hunger or thirst , fatigue or poverty , till 1 carae to India ; > that since them I have frequently met with the darst tbree ^ and that the last has been niy constant companion . If you wish for proofs , here they are . I was three years in India before I waa master of any © tber pillow tliao a book

    or a cartridge pouch 4 my bed was a piece of canvas , stretched oufonr cross sticks , whose only ornament waa the great coat that I brought from England , whichy by a lucky invention , I turned into a blanket in the cold weather , Uy thrusting my legs into the sleeves , and drawing the skirts over my head /' -rtu house at Vellore consists of a hall and a bedrroom . The former contains

    but oue piece of furniture-fra table ; but on entering the latter , you would see me at my writing-table , seated on my ouiy chair , with the *> ld ; icora £ h . behind me , adorned with a carpet aud pillow : on my right ( hand a ohestofibooks , andou

    my left two tvunks ; one for > hoidiug about a dozeir cliaiigca / of line « , and the other abo ' ut half j > ( dozen dfi plates , knivea , and fcuks , &c' ^ JiSoumuoh for Asiatic luxury I ' Bub j the yetopg officer wasuo ^ of a . calibrte tQ pine \ £ o $ > tables anduchatrsr . < Active * exertittnt , « is > the one

    thing 1 heedful ta > hisj . feldoit ^ ,. * iid . 1 when jictivtf eXcrtiott , -ofc » ( bodyi or 11 mind , was not required ; by hss prwifes » ian ^ he was ' aoouatoineduto ^ tafee ii 3 ict / hard , atndy , awinrain ^ wdinlaying ) mi ftresi iM-lt ia ' inftppsN | hlet fta t axpvrtff /^; ^ slyi ^ « he- 1 to h is mother , i ** thbustKanrtiBlOBicaar which I ba

    atiU retaini , *> r wb ^ h > 1 a ogather continned to grow Bfxnt . ni ^ £ o ( r ( &fte / a ^ iinraing , and every mp ^ ot i thiii Jj was ^ und of a 4 tichooL "' < v * Vi WertJil tucgoihoiiufi to-Morfof » p linatoad I xrf 1 goi ng ^ xAbofeLt l > ke a good citizen , aud visiting the various improvements In the manufactures o (

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    253 Critical Notices .- ^ Mhcelhimous .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1830, page 258, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2583/page/42/