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To the Editor of the Monthly Rtpbsit&rkf .
: ; . { Toinesj Q 7 th Oct . 1810 , I nan , article entitled Remarkable Instariccsof Filial Piety / ' ( p . 452 &c . ) oi > e of ypuceorrespQiidents has given your ^ readers the inscription on a tomb erected in the churchyard of Totaes , by Dr . Kennicott , ajid he ^ ppearsangry because groine fa stidious critic has censured the J > octoc for adding to . his name the initials of his academic ho . iM > urs ^ Considering myself asuhe critic
^ ^ s tifjious to , I beg Aeave to occupy a corner of the lie ^ po sjtQry 4 endeavou ring to justify what , yovr correspondent would probably c ^ ll a very depraved taste- I must remind your correspondent then , that he has not given } a very correct copy of the inscription ; the Dr . hag not only added to bis name the initials of his academic honours , but has placed them at full length ) and in pretty large letters too . The conclusion ot the inscription stands thus :
" Trtytf % are * . theVttfc e * of time , 1 i % YTtffj 4 ^* k siibjtet te iaernHy . * ... A .. tr ' ,: .. 5 re < j | e 4 .... \ . k - § 5 ^ hfiF >« B . gS ^ W ^ % ? ?^> . *\ - Ciinori of Chri 6 t Church , OjforcL '; i . _ ... 7 / ' ¦ r \ - . ; l ' . : * l .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ / . j / ! o •^ MQin ^ liiis ^ naaAe thp * foHbuitaa r ^ toark ^ liihioh ha * displeased joni r <; orpespoti ( Wnt : these is-at beau ^ niuV nwi f iwnty ia ili « fotnfirejr ^ part o « £ thifliioiCLiption , bat the kilter
part betTays ;)^ , co ^ sideraiple - gree of > anity \ Xhe plates of time are too trifling to bp recorded ^ yet the morp trjfling . Jionpurs i ) je - stowed by an university are , all carefully detailed *'
therefore omitting to put any date whatever ^ ri t ^ e tor * $ > , i ^ dirtbetmy a , <^|^ idera >| e dfg ^ p f vanity tc * i ^ < id t ^ eiKiorie tfift ^ ^ ° " nour ^ fee&towq ^ by aa ; wiy ? rjsUy .
l ) r , KepaicoU ^ $ M * m ^ nd attai nments will ; IftHg # > e , ^ xeiaaeinb < iied vfi ( Kpri < le and wifh ^ easure , by the native of % he town in wtiich be w&t bo * n , wad by all those whq qa ^ n feel ^ y regaFrf for
extensive learning applied to the best purposes ; yet if we may depend ofi tffctfffcku * , the Dr . met with no ^ reatencouragement from his townsmen till after he had sccured to himself tne ? patronage ot the liberal iand rthe Earned elsewhere . At the endowed gramcaar fsoiiool ) % Totnoej , two boys wpd tko be . educated on tbe ohp ~ rity ^ «« id wete * confiiideTeti «» ^ fogs irf t * re adhool . Keonioott wals ^ iiere ^ s ^ iiie of them » AiWwtrds ke wa& n ^ poinl « ii t 9 ib ^ si * tuation of w # . ier ^ jif itb ^^ b avlty - ft * lH » lt ; -. ^ nd fb etfei « l .- v « a » typahnb ^
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S 94 Mr . JVindjuitt } 8 Mi&ic ^* k . tofiM 4 XtiiotFHt vfDn Kctinicott .
