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    ib convincing him that his arguments were inconclusive $ but it dees not appear that Mr Hwne , in consequence of this conviction made any alteration in the subsequent edition of his Essays . " Pp . 16 , 17 .

    Art unbeliever ' s opinion of divines In the Dissertation on Miractes « which was intended as an answer to Mr . Hume ' s arguments ag-ainst the credibility af miracles , Mr . Price had , as he thought , expressed himself improperly , by speaking of the poor sophistry of those arguments ,

    and using : other lang-uag-e of the same kind . When he sent a copy of his book to Mr . Hume , who was then one of the undersecretaries of state , he made an apology to him , and promised that nothing of the kind ihould appear in another edition . He received ia consequence a very flattering

    letter from Mr . Hume , which be regarded more « ls a matter of civility , than as a proof of its [ his own book } having wrought any change in the sentiments of that philolopher . When the work , however ,

    appeared , in a second edition , he fulfilled his promise , and sent him a correct copy 5 for which he immediately received an acknowledgement expressive of Mr . Hume ' s wonder at such scrupulosity in one of JMr Price ' s profession . " Pp . 23 , 24 .

    A late reverend editor of Sir Isaac Newton ' s WorJts . " Nearly about this time ( 1764 ) a proposal was made to" Mr . Price " by the booksellers to publish a complete edition of all Sir Isaac Newton ' s Works . But his diffidence of his

    own abilities , his want of spirits to engage in so arduous an undertaking , aud possibly bii former prejudices against devoting" too much of his time and attention to subjects not immediately connected with his profession , determined him to decline a work , which has been since executed by a person who laboured under none of these

    difficulty . " Pp . 29 , 30 . This is one specimen , among many , of Mr . Morgan ' s satirical cast , and of his forcible style of drawing characters . in a short member of a sentence , and by means of a negative form of expresl , Bishop Horsleu is delineated to the life .

    Mr . Price and the Reoiijm Donum . Being once applied to for his vote by the ' * te Sir Edmund Thomas , when canvassing for the county of Glamorgan , and being off ered that worthy baronet ' s interest to Procure him the disposal of the Regium uonum among his brethren , Mr . Price immediately replied , that the best service Sir fcoimind could render to him or his brethren

    would be , to advise the king ' s ministers to ^ continue a donation which could only he ffarded by every independent tlissenter as j £ l of h . liberty . " Pp . 36 , 37 . Effect of intense thought in changing ** colour of the haif .

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    " From the high opinion Mr . Price entertained of the accuracy of De Moivre , * lie conceived the error [ corrected by Mr . Pric * in a communication to the Royal Society , May 1770 ] to be his own' rather than that of so eminent a mathematician , and in

    consequence puzzled himself so much in th « correction of it , that the colour of his hair , which was naturally black , became changed in different parts of his head into spots of perfect white . " P . 39 . Dr . Priestley . " To the number of those who constituted

    the club at the London Coffee-house should he added the illustrious name of Dr . Priestley , who had lately , by the recommendation of his friend Dr . Price , accepted th * office of librarian to Lord Shelburne , and in consequence had his winter residence in London . The astonishing" discoveries made

    by this admirable philosopher , which formed the foundation of all modern chemistry , and which he was now pursuing with his usual ardour and ability , added much to the entertainment and instruction of the company . " Pp . 48 , 49 .

    Dr . Price * 8 disinterestedness . Ci In the course of a few days several thousands of the Observations- on Civil Liberty , &c . were sold ; and such was the rapid progress of the impression which it made and of the admiration which it excited , that the friends aad supporters of the Americans

    thought they could not better serve the cause than by extending ^ the sale of it to all ranks of society . Application was in consequence made to Dr . Price for his permission to print a cheap edition of it immediately ; which with a noble

    disinterestedness he granted without hesitation , aud thus sacrificed all private emolument ( whicli in this case would have been very considerable ) to the support of a cause from which he could not possibly derive any other benefit than what arises from the consciousness

    of having endeavoured to deserve well of mankind . " Pp . 58 , 59 . The clergy and the larger hody of Methodists , friends of the American war . u From Dr . Markham , the archbishop of York , to John Wesley and his apostles in

    the tabernacle , tho preachers of the , Gospel of peace denounced their anathemas against the friend of conciliation and harmony , whose only aim was to prevent the ravages of war , by attempting" at least to point out the folly aud injustice of it . " Pp . 60 , 61 .

    IMF . Target ' s despondency in respect of the speedy amelioration of maiiliind . u Je ne vous parle plus des AmcTicains ; car quelque soit le denouement de cette guerre , j'ai tin pen perdu l ' esperance de * " Sure as De Moivre . " Pope . —See Hutton ' s Mathem . and Phil . Diction . Art . De Moivre .

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    Review . ' —Morgans Life of Price . 58 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/49/