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no apology for troubling you with my little affairs , as I think myself happy in having a friend to whom I can say any thing as to myself . "
Notwithstanding his mpderate establishment , the worthy man was contented . Of this Dr . Disney has given a pleasing proof ; by an extract from a letter dated Aug . 25 , 1771 . < € My own private affairs , " says he , " are exactly in siatu quo . The old incumbent is still alive and well , so that his 401 . deducted out of 701 . must be felt * . But as my desires are very moderate , I want for no necessaries ; and as for the
superfluities of life , perhaps , I am better without them . The other day I was reading Ausonius' Epigram upon Diogenes , which really made me ashamed of having the least inclination
for the luxuries and delicacies of life . Give me leave to trans cribe it here , and a translation I was tempted to make of it . Pcra , polenta , tribon , baculus , seyphus , arcta supellex * Ista fait Cynici $ sed putat hanc nimiam . Namque eavis manibus cernens petare bubulcum # Cur , scyphe , te , dixit , gesto supervacuum +
JLbag , meal , threadbare cloak , staff , wooden dish , "Were all the goods , Diogenes could wish . But these he found too much , when , on the brink , lie saw Tim ' s hollow hand scoop up his drink . €€ Thus you see I comfort myself with rags of verse and sayings of philosophers . If I cannot enlarge my possessions , I can contract my desires . " Be continued . )
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CAM 3 RO-BRITISH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES , ( Continued from p . 175 . ) JAMES OWEN . — -He began to preach at Swansey in Glaxnorganshire , as an assistant to the worthy and excellent Stephen Hughes , a gentleman of a truly apostolic spirit , great moderation , and fervent zeal to promote the good of souls , Where he dispensed the divine oracles with great acceptance , but was soon interrupted by the Spiritual Court , which directed all its weight and force to check the progress of non-conformity .
About this time the good and useful Henry Maurice paid a very particular attention to him , and invited him out of the southern flames into North Wales , where , after all , he sheltered himpelf under a withering gourd * It was with no small difficulty * The old incumbent died in Feb . 1773 . f E pigram Uii . Dc Diogcnc Cynico Philosophb . ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/5/
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