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regard trill be then had to quatjficatums for future happiness , aris ^ g from a detestation of vice , a love of piety and virtue , and sincere endeavours to do one's dutVj according to the abilities which God has bestowed , the humble subject
of this Obituary , will be in a much more eligible condition than thousands who now stand high in fame . It is an equitable rule of the 4 » yine government , that as oa the one hand , proportional improvement is demanded of superior advantages , so on the other , «« to whom little isgiven , of them is little required / 1 Bridport , Jan . 11 , IH 12 . T . H .
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iai $ . Jan . au In London , aged 76 , iM $ K , the relict of John JEBB , M . D . ** $ fes- Jebb was the eldest daughter of the late Rev . James Torkington , Rector of Little Sttfkely , in Huntingdonshire , and of Lady Dorothy Sherard , daughter
of Philip , second Earl of Harborough . She wa ^ married to ^ Dr . Jebb in 1764 , vvten he was in the height of his literary refutation at Cambridge . The Dr . it is \ yell known } engaged in some very serious controversies with the
University , ^ particularly on abolishing subscription tq the 39 articles at the time of taking degrees and on public annual examination * of undergraduates . These disputes found exercise for the first talents at that time in the University , and Mrs . Jebb was , not content with being a silent observes & she became the active
opponent " of |> f # Powell , the master of St . John ' s College , wtio conducted " the other ^ side of % h , e controversy , and who felt as sensibiy |^ e point of Mrs . Jebb ' s pen , in the public prints , as he did of the learned Qoctor's . It was in reference to the forc « pf argument contained in a t
sma $ pa / nphlet , written by Mrs . Jebb on the sitmp tuljject , under the signature qf « JPrisciila , » ' that the late Dr . PaLey aaid , at / th ^ time , VThe Lord had sojd Siscra into the hands of a woman . * Wjjten , l ? r . Jebb , having cmbraced ^ some « fcculative opinions , which he thought , made it ncccssapy fqv h « m to resign his p ^ f f ej ^ n ^ pt , and leave the church , settled » fi London , he ^ eoftrnc a physician , and a
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strenuous reformer . No nam « ia better known among the advocates of parliamentary reform , than that of Dr . Jebb : the active energy of Mrs . Jebb , is . also well known : being an invalid , she lived a retired life ; but her zeal rose to the full level of her husband ' s—she saw with
theiame quickness , glowed with the same ardour ; and wrote occasionally with the same spirit . But Mrs * Jebb was not more distinguished for the vigour of her mind , than the qualities of her heart . She was a Christian , without bigotry j a ruoralist , without severity , a politician , without self-interest or ambition : a
sincere friend , without disguise and without reserve . With considerable , powers , m , of mind , she possessed all the amiable spftness of the female character . With as few failings as could well fall to the JLpt of humanity , she exercised an uulim i&ed- " candour in judging those of others . Candour and benignity were the prominent
features of her character * Her friends , therefore , were numerous , and she could not have a single enemy . ——These superu or . qualities of mind and heart * were lodged in a bqdy of the most delicate texture . The frame of Mrs . Jebb was extremely feeble , her countenance always languid and wan . She used to recline
on a sofa , and had not been out of &cr room above once or twice these % o years —^ he seemed the shadow of a shade , or rather all soul and intellect , like one dropped from , another sphere , ^ Jfor her- ardour and patriotic firmness Unmixed with urbanity and gentleness , and occasionally
brightening with innocent playfulness gave that to her countenance , which th * mere bloom of health cannot bestow , nor the pen descrift ^; it gave a singular interest to her character : it can only lie ticlt , and will be lastingly rcmQiribcrcd , by her surviving friends . . M . Chron . Jan . 27 , 1812 .
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Lately , Mr- MILFORD WINDEATT , Jun . of Totnes , Devon : of this pious youn $ man , we shall be glad to receive some account from any one of our corespondents acquainted with him * ¦ « - ¦ - - vi ¦ T i
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Obituary . —Mrs . Jebb . — : Mr . Windcatt ^ Suit ** 131 ¦ ' l t- ^ m * r
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/67/
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