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MR . FOX . f Concludedfrom our last 17 umher . ) Such are the faint and imperfect outlines ofethe public character of this incomparable man . His political career is sti II fresh in the memory of us all . —
Early in life he burst forth in all his glory , like the sun in his strength , in opposition to those measures by which America was separated from this coun - try . And when his powerful efforts , combined with all the talent and
eloquence of the senate , seconded hy the "Voice of the people , and enforced by the critical and alarming situation of the country , had driven the unwise and unfortunate authors and advisers of them
from the councils of the sovereign , he occupied a very important office in the new administration which was formed under the auspices of a distinguished nobleman * , whose eminent abilities and conciliatory spirit united many discordantinter ^ sts ; but who , unfortunately for
the country , died within a few months after he entered into office . Political eubals soon compelled Mr . Fox and liis friends to quit the cabinet ; and resentment for what he regarded as ungenerous treatment impelled him to a
measure , which , though it restored him to power with a high hand , was condemned , perhaps , for want of attending to the circumstances of the care , too severely condemned , by the general voice of ihe . country . Nevertheless , in ( he plenitude of his power , however acquired , it can-* The Marquis of Rockingham .
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not be proved that he ever departed from those wise and liberal principles which he always professed ; and happy had it been for the country , had he continued to direct its counsels . But power did not long remain in his hands : and the manner in which he was dismissed
from office will not soon be forgotten . Still , however , his adherents and supporters were numerous and powerful ; and his active and brilliant exertions in the cause of peace and liberty were gradually raising- him again in the estimation of the public , when the grand and unparalleled revolution which took place in a neighbouring country , like a terrific meteor , shot forth discord and
confusion over the surrounding nations . It * this unprecedented crisis , a system was pursued by this country directly the reverse of those mild , temperate , and conciliatory measures , which were recommended by this enlightened and liberal statesman ; who , in a celebrated publication written at the time in his own
vindication , predicted , with a precision little short of inspiration , the miserable consequences which ensued . But so little regard was paid to his warningvoice , that the country , seduced by the ? fascination of a delusive eloquence , as though it were under a demoniacal infatuation , hurried into the opposite
extreme . And this great man , this oracle of political wisdom , was left almost alone—neglected by the Courtinsulted by his enemies—deserted , with a few illustrious exceptions , by his friends ; by those who used to look up to him for advice , and in whom he had been accustomed to place the greatest
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and spirited , and we doubt not but she has presented us with the language which Bourdaloue himself would have delivered ^ had he preached in Knglish . The sermons are , upon the whole , so worthy ' the perusal of the rational , and the devout Christian , * that we trust they will n ) eet with such a reception , as to encourage the translator to proceed in her labours ; as there are other \ discourses in the original of equal excellence with those now , translated . A memoir of the author is prefixed as a preface , in * which we know not whether to admire more , the skilful compression of the matter * or the simple elegance of the style . F .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/46/
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