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the English poets . But . Cleiveiand is now sunk into oblivion , while Milton ' s fame is universally diffused . Yet Milion ' s works could with difficulty gain
admission u > im press , * &t the time when it was pouring forth those of CJeiveland in innumerable impressions . But behold the difference ! The press now . continually teems with of
^ publications the Paradise Lost , &c . whereas , the last edi'tion of Cleivelaad ' s works was in 1687 . " ( B . Briuiv . 622 . )
.. JDromore ) a diocese of very small . extent , aud inhabited by scarcely any Human Catholics , agorded duties to a Protestant Bishop * and facilities for ihelt
performance . These duties Dr . Percy bas the reputation of hav ^ ing well performed tor ihirty years , in vy ^ ich be ^ survi ved every bishop \ vh */ m he found in Ireland . The
igilowing account of the occupations of his lift ; and the circumstances of his death , has been give ' n typon authority not to be M ^ triy ques tioned . Ci
At Dromore ho constantly resided , promoting the instruction q , nd comfort of the poor with unremitting attention , and superintending the sacred and civil
interests of the diocese with vigilance and assiduity ; revered and beloved for his piety , liberality , benevolence and hospitality , by persons of every rank and religious denomination . Under the loss of sight , of which be was gradually 'deprived , some years before his
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death , he steadily maintained nts habitual cheerfulness ; and in his-Jast painful illness he displayed such fortitude and strength Of mind , such patience and resigf | &-tion to the Divine will . and . ex *
pressed such heartfelt , thankful ness for the goodness and mercy s&own to him , in the course of a long aad happy life , as were truly impressive and worthy of that pure Christian spirit in him so eminex ^ tJjf conspicuous /'—G . Mag . 8 K Pt . 2 . R . 483 .
It is added , m a note to one of several \ elegiac tributes to his memory , that 4 * his personal ex . ertions , his charges to his clergy r his distribution of the scriptures , and other religious tracts , his
encouragement ot literary societies ^ and above all , his encouragement of Sunday Schools ^ will be long remembered with gratitude in the North of / reland . "—G . Mag . 81-556 . N , .
Bishop Percy died at the See House of Dromore , Sep . $ 6 ? 1811 , in the 83 d year of his age . He left two daughters , having survived an only son , and bis wife , a lady of Northamptonshire , who dieq in 18 O 6 , aged 75 . The faj ^ e of his successor , formed a striking
contract to his own $ for the Pro-, vost of Trinity College , Dublin , Dr . Hall , who was elected or rather appointed Bishop of Drp ~ more , died a few days aftef bis consecration , before he could take possession of bis See . n , l : %
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72 Literary Memoir < gft © r . Perey , late Bishop of Dromore *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 72, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/8/
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