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Ab * . IM . Memoirs of ffritUdm Valey r D . D . by G . W \ Meadley * to which is added an jlppend&x . 1809- 9 s » Sunderlanck
The name * pf the late learned Dr . Paley , wfil bo long dear to the Christian and the philospphcr . Mr . Meadly regrets tha& no life worthy of the man had already Been presented t 6 the public ; andf fie has- ' beerr induced to undertake
the tasky vrckh a view of supplying the' etefetft ,, or at least to pro - voke the exertions of some abler pen . He acknowledges ^ with a degree 6 f diffidence that does him credit , his 6 wn irtcompetency , and feels' that the merits of the
Dr . require a still more complete and perfect delineation . Our readers will ; perhaps ^ expect an abridged account of th £ MemoirSbut this for
j we reserve a future number , under the biographical head ., amd'shall' at p resent content ourselves' W ith" ^ .. fewobservations' on Mr . Sleadley ^ sperfonnance * whieii we do not ?
scruple to recomrtie * rid ^ ] ^ taining . much irittrestirig matter , stated in general , in a plain , but strong and far / cibit * manner . Mr . M . is one dfj thos toitigTa j ^ hers who qan see defects in his hero ,
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and m his mode of treating cer ~ tain topics , and seeing them is not afraid of canvassing them with freedom but with candour . His object is to give the character of Dr . Patey as it were from the life ftsfclf ; . to follow him in thje varidiis scenes' through which he passed ; . to collect and recont anecdotes which illustrate liii ^
temper , and point out what he said and even thought on a mii # ~ b £ r of minute arid apparently triffiing } as well as on rriemorable and important occasions . Hence *
we are told that at school , though a fairy yet he wasfnot an accom . plished classical scholar : —that hri was more attentive to things thaif td words . He was curious in
making iriquiries abbut mecha * liism : —in his mind -he was uncommonly active — in his body qtrite th ^ re verse . He is then dfesdribed' as never engaging in the common sp 0 rt 9 of , school * bay ^ : ttot he wa » attached to the amusement of angling , an amusement wbidhJ his biographer thinks scarcely vindicabie upon
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Review . —Mtedtelf * Mttomrti ^ of 3 * aley . l € 3
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equally successful with Instbep'ia ^ » tkp srffiniative . Th « opcrrt hiu jterSdnfcl eifofts for the ferrjof- aTiawadJof religious truth has bbeit al of abtiscsr zeal vvhich isiyafm productive of consexjiaences feigli-J and active may , nevertheless , be lj ^ beneficia l ^ amd wiiil c ^ rrt m ^ n ^ y completely benevolent , and for be found ia the erai atod even , hi every hxmpurable piirppse , cau - a personEdi vietyj to be as * expipdi-i tious and discreet ; and the QiHf eat and useful afc to xss it kpf / ear ^ point at issue between the author obligatory . By the opposite con * and dursel'ces is wheitier CJiris ' tlan d ^ cct ^ uidifference and reli g ious truth should be frequently and ignorance ha , ve been ft > stkte&p dii * eetly inculcated , prevailing er- wbile new strength has been given rors ai > frequerrtly and directly to religious prejudice and bigotry * exposeJ in the instructions of Shall error then be proclaimed on the puTpft t . the house-tops 9 . and truth be * So far a& tfefe ia ^ juiry can be whispered in the ear , in clodct « enrrinte $ l by fects we are of sets' ? { cpfriioii tH ^ t it will be d ^ termilletf To be con tinued . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/43/
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