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gave astonishing names .- —With more pleasure we traverst the streets of Bristol ; saw its raritys of Nature ; its works of art and of Charity ; and admired that little emblem of London . We return ed "b y Bath , whose waters are too well known to be mentioned here , and came
two days after , unseasonably , to Oxford © n Good-fryday , and were forbidd the keys of its noblest Libiary , the Schools , and the Musseum Ashmoleanum . With regrett we left the place , and cntred the castle of Windsor on the day
following , and -were charm d with the beauty and magnificence of its noble Rooms as rebuilt by King Char . II . and adorned by the noble hand of Verrio . And here it was that we were fully convinc'd of the miserable performance of the Architect that undertakes Blenheim
Castle , the rising seat of the D . of M . w may appear indeed with something of an air of greatness without , but will strangely disappoint us as soon as we come to view it within . This we saw in our way to Oxf . We have particular reason to be thankfull that in so long a T ourney and chiefly of
Pleasure or Curiosity , and amidst so many dangers in a difficult road , we returned well to this City , both Men and Beasts . —It was late on Saturday night , before I gott to B . Green , and long after the penny post was gone for the City , or I had writ then . I hope to see you the beginning of next week , and design to begin my Journey for Lowestoft
to morrow or Thursday . My thanks and service to my friends at Yarm ° ( for I suppose Mr . Daliel is now mostly there also . ) I saw Mr . Manning , Mrs . Mary and Mr . Caswell to day , the former of vv send their duty to you and all to Mrs . Hamby . —My service to her . I am Sir , Your obliged Serv and Friend , S . S .
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the Duke of Grafton , in reference to the ensuing election . It is intended to make a vigorous opposition on the Whig side for knights of the 3 hire in your County . Mr . Holt is already agreed on for one Candidate , the other will speedily be fixed . Great dependance is had on the unanimous concurrence of the
Dissenters , which I thought I was safe in assuring my L Townshefid . there was little reason to fear . The temper of y « next Parl * we cannot but be sensible is of the utmost consequence ; and after the many expressions of favour we have received from pur gracious Sovereign , certainly no Dissenters will be indifferent about promoting the electing of such who are firm in his interest and zealous
for those measures which his late Majesty of blessed memory , and his present Majesty have engagecj in . It is earnestly desired that you will use your best interest for Mr . Holt , and that our Friends will reserve their other Vote tilt they see who stands with him . Mr . Baxter , to whom you will please to make my service acceptable , will 1 doubt not concur in his endeavours .
I am , dear S , Your affectionate bro . £ c serv * . JOHN EVANS
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No . Vr . Letter from Dr . Doddridge to Mr . Say , at Westminster . Northampton , Oct . 21 > 1735 . Rev * , and dear Sir , A JLetter from you would have been acknowledged as a favour , had it been only to tell me that he ( you ) yet retained
some remembrance of me , especially when you have the goodness to add that you thought with pleasure of the Hours we spent together . T am sure to me they were hours of great delight and great improvement , and I return you
my hearty thanks for so friendly and so condescending a visit . How much am I then obliged to you for the kind and charitable occasion of yours , that ( than ) which nothing could in present Circumstances have been more seasonable . — - ~
Mr , Steffe ' s youngest Son is a lad of as promising a Genius as anyone I have under my care . He made a progress in Greek while at a neighbouring School , beyond ^ what I have commonly known ,
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64 The Say Papers * —Letters of Di \ J . Evans and Dr . Doddridge
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No . V . ^ Letter from Dr . John Evans * to Mr . Say , at Ipswich . London , Jt / f . 2 J 9 IJ 2 J , Rcv <* . S . 1 presume upon old acquaintance and your known character to apply to you with some others , ia obedience to the commands of my L * Townshend « uid
* Dr . Evans , author of the " Christian Temper' * and other useful publications . He was pastor of a Society of Protestant Dissenters in New Broad Street , behind the Royal Exchange . E » .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1809, page 64, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1733/page/8/
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