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Q , n iodeHbl ^ iaxprwssioii on 1 the bieartr ; of * . ariln wW eaja ^ Bdaftd > TOiued fcisaequaintanceaod frteiickiJlfpi ' * - > -V . ' ¦ - ! - ¦ ?" -f '¦ .. * 'O c V \; v *? , ^ i £ > a cpiittmg the academy in 1 7 £ 7 * Mr . Dewburst preached at
MeJifajc ^ tmnga months . He OJtalv occasioiiaHy supplied some congregations in the Mid land Coun « - ties ^^ U is pTJobable , however ^ that ifce -defect regretted < fry-femstafiar ^ % » want of proper coBfid
H ^ ow n flowers and attainments /' would reader the duties of the pulpit too of tea oppressive to his feelings . No one can Jiave joined public : associations , formed for whatever purpose , without &e *
quently lamenting the scarcely pardonable sitence of individuals , eminently furnished wish know * ledg *? and counsel above many who have cultivated the arts of popular address . Tbose ^ urts , we know from
himself , Mr , Dew hurst considered * % by him , unattainable ; nor , we bel . eve ^ did he ever attempt upon any occasion an exiemporaneotfs address * ^ Even > preaching from written papers , as too generally
practised in hi * communion , during tns latter years , he appears to Iphave declined Yet though thus shrinking from publicity , he could I not neglect the talents intrusted to % his occupation ^ . He was , indeed ,
well prepared to fill the offices of private tuition ^ and to instruct and entertain through the medium of At ? press . . y - * f In 1797 , * Ml- * Dewhurst « w > cep ^ ed , ah invitation from Mr * Milcmurdo , then resident at Old
Fttrft , near Hackney , to become atkitorin thtft gehtl ^ ftian's faini ly ^ by « every pattof ^ whith he was r ^ guided , though life , with justly imMuv&mmm vTtey * ai * entted
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fatal iitn ^ gsMwitfe ^ uciotf * ftbi fc : citude v and tametit « d fete , 1 WWi death / a * h liriemi 4 iniforlrft ? y dei voted t ^« 4 tK ^ - h igtew ^ inte rests « f those intrusted to his ^ are . *§ & thisi neighbourhood ^ MrS "De # ig huTit passed the remainder < j f hii life , occupying the leisure which * the duties of n ^ ator ^ Itowea ^ flt ®
augmenting 4 iis own stores 6 #% fopp sical ai : d general knowledge , jalfd ^ contributing ^ by ti f * wiitifi ^ to the public taste and in forma tioiv Tti ^ earliest work , in w ^ idh he is known to have become a w " rite ¥ §
was nkc Annual R ^ vie # v # lBclp commenced In d 80 St" 'By-oti ^ frie « ds , Mr . Arthur Aikin a ^ tf ^ be Rev * Thomas Rees , ^ he $ ue < 3 £ s - * ive editors of that work , we Atf ' favoured with some account W
hi * contribuiionsv # / Thrc >« gh the ^ fimt six Volumes , cbttiprefi lr . Dewh ^ irst ^ i ^ dWtook t !^ enfirc ifepttitment of clWie ^ l « te . rat u re ^ and bihA ^ tiMW ^ - M ^ Aikin having very obtigf ^ g ly chav rftcteriz ^ d to lifeW fe # ^ ti ^ lto Itf
that department , ^ ve ^ haM take the liberty of copying htB contrndnica tIOH » " "' ^ ' " ¦ ' ' ¦ " " : *' ! - ' 7 " ' " ' ¦• Kl' J ¦' Jt ' x * ¦ ' y / '' ** The inf ^ odtiction t& <
vaftt ^^^ aet « rv ^ ^ 'fcy ^ b < fe nilM ^ ftt from the ^ ttl ( iy of the B ^ cfent tfesi ^ al writer ^^ ' ^ ^^ J ^ bk *^ ^^' dered by the e « trly editors tt «^ critics , from the revival dttfkto&tiP to : the end ^ fi * e seve ^ ee ^ t ^ i clent ^ ry ^ and of ^* % Vd ^ frfipr 8 h % characters trfA ^ fcdderrf ^ h ^
of criticiBtri ^ t ^ Mth ; B ( -rttley may b ^ eoh § itJerW *§ ^ e W $ m 8 er ^ * m iStoStA& $ L ^ iSJS ^ Wi ^ pSi ^^^^ iXOlJ ^ MWiMSfS ^^ ' T' ^ W
