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    The execntpr apatpgised , to me , on the appointment of Kadcliffe to speak over the grave , but I could n 6 t , if he would have given me the greatest encouragement to ffo ' itr . l- felt more than

    ¦ xyy otkipr nian I believe coakl do of the loss ; he . was my constant , cordial , and able adviser ; and he made me his coniident * . I cxn guess at the reason he forbade a funeral-sermon ; he and I had several conferences upon it .

    I am affectionately yours , and shall ' C be glad to shew you any respect . C . FLEMING . Mr , Evans easily accounts , by a comparison of dates , for thp omission of the inscription at ilawkherst , in the life of Liirdner ore fixed to his works . But had

    the dates been otherwise , the gentleman mentioned at the close of ( he inscription as the nephew of Laniner would hardly have chosen to communicatf it to Dr . Kippis . The iirst page of the life contains the annexed

    " ADVERTISEMENT * " After the greatest part of the following narrative ha , d been composed , I received a letter from Mr . David Jennings , grand-nephew to Dr . JLardner , desiring me to withdraw my publication .

    This letter was written not pnly in his own name , but in the name of the Rev . Dr . Dickens , prebendary of Durham , who married a niece of Dr . Lardner , a lady still living , and who joined in the requisition . At the same time I was

    assured , that if I persisted in my intention , they would strongly and publicly disavow their having consented to the performance . Although for reasons which to my own mind appeared perfectly satisfactory , I refused to comply

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    tyith their request , I acquainted them that J hcud not the least objection myself to record their disavowal , and to take upon me the di ; gtace of having ; written the life v / ithottt a-king theii permission . Accordingly I here do this

    in th ~ most express manner . I here declare , that if , in the life of Dr . JLardnur now presented to the public , there be any mistakes in point of fact , or errors of sentiment ; that , if it be ill written , or imp operiy written , its faults belong to myself alone , bein ^ chargeable upon

    no otfter person whatsoever . ANDREW KIPPLS . I had opportunities when a young man , to form a , n opinion

    of Dr . Kippis from occasional near observation . I \ o one appeared less disposed to assume beyond his province either as a scJiohir or a divine . His conduct

    in this " transaction I readily leave to the judgment of your readers . They will decide which of the parties appears to most advantage , the relations of Lardner who wished to deprive him of Dr .

    Kippis as a biographer , or the learned biographer himself whom neither a priest a layman , nor even a lady could duter from a purpose which he doomed honourable . He too we . ll uudcrstood

    the laws which govern the republic of letters , and which will not suffer that valuable treasure , tfre story of a great and good man ' s life , to descend , a sex elusive property , with his goods ajid chattels . They rather bestow it , as a

    * " In the latter part of his life , Dr . Lardner ' s greatest personal intimacy was with Mr , ( afterwards Dr . ) Caleb Fleming . This gentleman lived within a few doors of him , and there was a perfect conformity betwixt them With respect to their theological sentiments . Residing so near to each other , for between twenty * and thirty years , their intimacy grew up to the most unreserved confidence . My friend Pr . Towers has favoured me with the perusal of a series of letters , written to Dr . Fleming by Dr . Lardner , in which he , freely disclosed his thoughts concerning men and things " Dr . Kippis ' s fcife of L-ardner , p . xcvu ' li is much to be wished that " the representative of Dr . Towers , who is so competent to theun * dcrtaking , would in some form or other , communicate to the reHgious world these valuable iettera , JVfay 1 here take the liberty of asking if they are likely ever to ke published f

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1808, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2396/page/31/