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    To the Rev . Mr . Clakk ^ , on Parting ,

    When friends endear'd by absence meet ; , ( For absence will endear ) How passionately fond they greet ! How cordially sincere ! Heart flies to heart , with rapid wing , Reciprocally kind ; Closer than lovers can they cling , * Tis mind ' s embrace of mind .

    When rapt in social scenes how blest , No language can define : * Tis something—sure , ' tis best express'd ^ By that high term " divine . " But what , at parting , friends sustain , Far less can language say : Tisall that's excjuisite of pain / And scarce with hope ' s allay .

    Since to the theme no terms were just , The muse rio more will try ; Part oft on earth , rny Clark ! we must * We ne ' er shall part on high . JP . It *

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    § &M £ PARTICULARS OF DR . PRIESTLEVs RESIDENCE AT NORTHUMBERLAND , AMERICA . LETTER IV . * To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , When Dr . Priestfey left Northumberland for Philadelphia ^ % second time , while I was there , he put me in possession of his room and books , and gave me some hints how to employ

    tny time during the winter ; which hints I endeavoured to put into practice , though it was at times no easy task , as he had in Ms service both Dutch and Irish people , and I was obliged at times to contend with the almost unrelenting prejudice of thfc

    one , and the nearly inextinguishable fire of the other . At this time the Doctor ' s library was not arranged in order , but was piled up in heaps , and occupied several rooms . At his new house , a large library was preparing , of sufficient dimensions for their reception .

    My acquaintance increased considerably this winter ^ and with it my wonder at finding so many unbelievers , especially Et > glisl v Northumberland > as well as in other parts of America . Many of them v ^ ere men of considerable abilities , and * r * For Letters i , a , 3 , sec pp . 293 , 505 . and 5 64 ,

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    622 ^ Particu lars of Dr . Pr iestley .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1806, page 622, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1731/page/6/