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to regularity , he would place hU watch on the table , and pa&s exactly an Friur with him in conversation . The Admi * ral , finding that he failed in his usual visits , went to see him , ajid found him weak and ill , sitting before a stove in his bed-room . Having enqtured after
his health , Mr . HoVtf&rd replied ! , that his end was approaching * rery fast ; that ; he had several things to say to his , friend , and thanked him for having called . The x ^ dmiral , finding him in such a melancholy mood , endeavoured to turn the conversation , imagining the whole might be merely the result of low spirits ; but Mr . Howard soon assured him it was
otherwise ; and added , * Priestman , you style this a very dull conversation , and endeavour to divert my mind from dwelling upon death ; but I entertain very different sentiments . Death has no terrors for me : it is an event 1 always look to with cheerfulness , if hot with
pleasure ; and be assured , the subject of it is to m < e more grateful than any other , 1 am well aware I have T > ut a short time to live ; my mode of lifevhas rendered it impossible that I should get rid of this fever . If I had lived a 6 you do eating heartily of animal' food and drinking wiiie ' , I might , perhaps , by diminishing my diet , be able to stiftdtie-iri But how can such a man as I am lower his diet ,
who has' been accustomed for years to exist oh vegetables and wat < i % a little bread and a little ted ? I have iio method ot lowering in jr r \ 6 urishrhent and therefore ! ttatk xlie . Ti w siich joity fellows as you , priestniari , who get
• vertH ^ se fevers . * Then , t&rnilog the ' subject , he spoke of ; nls funeral ; and chqern ^ liy gave dit ectirins concerning the manner iii which * he wo ' ttld' ^ e' burit&J f j ^ Vspot , * said hW , ^ fcear * ito * ? iliage of ijTaupfeily , which vtoul&sfefffc me nicety r ^ ou knt > V it well > f o * I have often said I should like , to He bii ^
rieatK ' ere ; and letfmfe bfcg 6 f ^ ou , as you valufc your old friend ^ not to suffer ai ty poiixp to be u ^ c 4 at ^ pay , fq ^ iepraj ; ^ py * &y monument or monumental inscrip ^ tion whatsoever , to rrikrt wh ^ ere t ! am W ; but lay me quietly in ¦' the eartn , P ^ ce a sun-dial over my grav <* and let
^ c be forgfiUen 4 * . , ** : —Tijauels , Vf > . 605-6 ^ Atl ndir ^ l , priesUxiaj i ^ i f a . cc . gip r < pli ^ h ^ d Mr- . W ^ w awl *^ $ *§ fy ? s , a £ 10 a ^ Uuri ^ lf place , ai ^ d ^ t ^ mecl ta ^ J" with the intelligence . ; ,. at tliis
his countenance frightened , a gle ^ rn ofevident satis / actioa Came over his face , and h& prepared to goto bed ^ " After he had
executed his will , —symptoms of delirium appeared . He attempted to make a codicil , consisting of unconnected words , chiefly illegible 9 which Admiral P . indulged him by witnessing ^ though " in Russian characters .- '
After Mr . Howard had made what he conceived to be an addition to his will , he became more composed , A letter was brought to him from England , containing intelligence of the improved state of his son ' s health ; stating
the manner in which he passed his time in the country , and giving great reason to hope that he Would recover from the disorder pnsanity ] with 1 tvhi < ih * he was afflicted . His servant read this letter
aloud ; and when he had concluded , Mr . Howard turned his head towards hi ' iri , Saying , ^ Tsnbt thb corrifort fora dying father ?\ He expressed ^ great repugnarice against being buried according to the rites of the- Creek Church , and Bering Admiral Frfedtrftati to prevent any Interfef erice with hk interment on tii ^ par t of the Russian pf iest » , rttade htm
also promise , that he would read the service of the Church of ^ England ove r his grave , and bury hkn in &U respects according to the forms of his couBtry . Soort after this Ia 9 t request he ceased to speak /*— -IcJ . pp . 607—8 . Mr . H . had refused " to allow a physiciun to be sent for / ' but
now yielded JU ) Admiral Mordvino |^ sr , sojicitfition c ' by nodding his !?^ f ^ j ^ - ( A ina 3 k . '; draught , a m ^ Qirine , ( i ^ sel . on ly ia Russia , in
t he 1 abt c xl re m \ ty > was . ad f hin 1 Vtcrcd . * ' lie portly after breathe 4 his Jast . * J % n . 2 ^ 17 90 . , Af . terhis dea * h > Admiral , M ^ caused a , pl ^ ibter mould U > k ' funimd upon his face , which was seat to
Mr . Wilberfbrce ^ , ^ , 4 * "iong . the at ^ nd ^ i ^ ts m ^ H yw * ard « s fu ^ r ^ Tjr ^ S , ThgPrince of MoJiU ^ ia ^ in \ a stiiiipf uous' * p ' ^ r-
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Particulars of the Death and Burial of Mr . Howard . 57 $ . ¦ ¦ ¦ 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/3/
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