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£ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ © n the a 6 £ hotf Jan , died stK $ denl jfo s ^ ged ^ 63 , Mr . FA : UJLSON » a respcctstftie farmer at Taversalr ,, tiear Mans ? ilsHi ^ -Mri ti possessed strong natural s&ilities * which were improved by aa education , suitable to his station in-life- ;
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2 n his relisdeus sentiments , en which las ^ hcle deportment rejected great 2 t © nourr Mn P . was an Unitarian Christian . The simplicity of bis managers' accorded with his views im religion , Mis guileless heart won the affection ^ f all who knew him . His knowledge « f men and things , with his inflexible
moral principles , induced Ms neighbours to look up to him , with confidence , Z& afeirs © f ia ^ portance and difficulty * axi& . they always found hijn tfre prompt friend of his fellow-creatures . —^ disposition he was uncommonly generous , ia . friendship ardent and sincere ; and in I&is whole conduct upright and just—JHie was a happy illustration of the words © f the poet ,-- —** An honest man ' s the moblest work of God /* - —
_ His remains were deposited in the Unitarian chapel at MansjSeld . His funeral sermon was delivered by his sincere friend ^ the Rev . J . Bull , to a BBEnetoB ^ and deeply-affected auditory .
Notwithstanding the extreme inclemency « £ the day , all the principal people of IFaver-sal , came four mile ' s to Mansfield , to pay this last tribute of respect to < their departed friend and neighbour * '
It happens mot often that a person © f Mr . Paulson s unostentatious character , and limited sphere , is so extensively tegrettcd . In addition to the Bsual congregation , more than 120 persons * connected to him by no ties , but those of esteem , attended to evince their
regard for his character , and regret at fcis sudden removal . It is pleasing to t } ie benevolent mind to pbser . ve so much homage paid by people of different rejigioys persuasions ^ ^ o t he ixjemory of tjus ^ uly conscientious Cluisrian . Janr % d at I ^ akenham House , near JsTprwicl ^ in th - 57 th year qf his age * j ^ M ^ sr ipKOw ; Es 5 . ; i ! .: jus ; one of the sewipr aWerrnen © if t ^ t corporation . This sen tinman ^ v as possesse d of very considt ; rabLp landed property Jn . the tcunty of Norfolk , to the improvement
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of which , kb planting and agricukuttev he paid a very § € iemtifie and sleilfol attention . He had for thirty ye ^ ps at ^ v * died botany , and made great proficteto ^ in that science . He is described as possessing a mind religiomsly di » po 3 C < if andj of having been happily led by his pttr- ^ * nits from ** Natur-e , up to ^ Natnre » O © i *^ In politics he was attacked t& wh ^ fc are called Whig principles ^
Feb . 3 , in Lond ^ i , aft a » adi ^ Dced age , Mn . KNOWjLES , © ne of -tlfce spi ciety of Quakers ^ widow of Dr . Kra » wl « % a physician , whom she survived « ev « rsil years * This lady possessed » variety e §
talents . She . was not only known as 9 t painter ? out also few her portraits in- » ee » die-work , which were m « tc& admired , particularly cwie ef the ? presenfc ^ " ^^ Her talents for conversati ^ i ^ have been
recorded by Mr . Bos well , in his li& of I > r . Johnswi , where she appears to great * advantage . JMk « . K . is said MQ have died very rich , and during the . lattery ^ ar ^ of life , to ha-ve felt rather too much of that propensity which rickes so ft ^ eS quently encourage- , ;
Feb . 5 , aged 8 % Gef > epl ^ SCiWU PAOJLl , so Iamoo 3 fur his n > JJitary exploits in Corsica . He was seebnd son of a" geotleman of that island , to wfeoni Mr . Boswell , in his " Account of Come * , * attributes a high character for l&mwfa religion and bravery . Witb a simiJaJC character , he also largely endows the son-The father of Pascal Paoli having rc ^ moved to Naples-, his son accompanied him , and was educated by the Jesuits in the University of that city . He retained to the island in 1755 * being appeiiite 4 general ^ to ^ defend his coigitry against fte Genoese . This defence he prosecuted with various success . At length the G ^ noese transferred the island to the Frcticfe
who sent a force sufficient to overcome the exertions pf Paoli and his brave cpBtttrymen , and at length to conquer tHe island . In 1769 , Paoli retired ffonft Corsica , and soon after landed in England where he resided , excepting a . shorl
interval , till his death , supported by a pension ffom the British governifoenu In iha , t interval he appeared at the bar of the National Assembly as the advocate : of Corsica , 'which the assembly proj > i 6 scd tp copstitute a part of the Republic , 'tit after Wards proniotcd the views of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1807, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2378/page/48/
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