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    jL irequpsted a copy , and , on the perusal , earnestly desired him to publish , ife He accordingly yielded , though not without reluctance mnd a modest apology in the adteriise-nH ? 11 * - It is entitled /

    ie-The academical building which he himself erected , with the assistance of friends and of the trustees , became his own property , and by means of great prudence and economy ( which however were

    acflections on the fall of a great man , on 2 Sam . iii . 38 . It affords proof of wonderful facility in composi . tion , and is at least equal to any other discourse published on the i $ pve occasion , although at that time he could be but about 28

    years <* tk # g £ v i % soon came to a teconi . edition . s When , upoa ^ the death of Dr . Porridge the academy was rejm >\[ e < L t& Dave ^ t ry , Mr . Ashwoftherected , a new house for the

    inception pf the students , conti-| tf&ps ip the ipeciting-house , and a new p $ ? sQ # age » Jbouse yr&s built fcjk ^ u CQ ^ regptioa at the same

    4 we- < . Though 4 the ksituapon was Jby IIP ga ^ ns eligible , being in a narrow street , close to . a very pubticmq&jh , ^ nd J qppp ^ ite to a large W * bQth t ^ erections , which his sjj

    XfW 8 u ^ 4 ^ T : perm tendance , were extremely well contrived , considering I he narrow extent of $ 6 pr ^|» ises ; and the institution retained it * respectability . By the

    « tnctKd ^ € ipliri € 5 which he main , tailed , find his unwearied application , together with his prudence Wid t friendship , the house was mmiy filled with pupils . Be . &Mes those who had entered on

    * ca 4 emical studies , there were a few educated in grammar learning , ^ ho could not be accommodated in the house . These bad lodgings W the town and were instructed

    % a clergyman , but were required ^ attend the domestic worship of ^ f tQ ^ de ^ y , ftQ 4 . Mv- Ash worth devoted no small portion of his fcnie to their improvement .

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    compamed with great liberality ) he was enabled to acquire some pecuniary remuneration for his la * bour , and in a course of years his circumstances were so much improved that he not only brought up his family with reputation , but left those who survived him a de »

    cent competency . In the year 17 ^ 9 , Mr , ^ sh * worth received a Doctor ' s diploma ; a distinction unsought by him ^ but not undeserved , for not only

    the office he sustained as a teacher of theology , as well as other Sci - ences , but his general respectabi - lity and influence in the station be was called to fill , gave him 4 much better claim to such a titte

    than many who have obtained it . And had it not been for his great diffidence and his backwardness to appear as an author , he might have acquired much literary fame . He had a particular taste for

    Jewish antiquities , and he so much improved Dr . Doddridge ' s Lectures on that subject , ibat the publication of his manuscript would supersede any thing yet extant upon that branch of science .

    He was once urged by some persons in London to publish ^ t Course of Sermons on a Particular Subject , and he so far complied as to transcribe them for the press ,

    but afterwards hearing nothing from those who made the reqamt ( probably because he refused the invitation to remove to ttie metropolis ) , he very willingly desisted from the publication : and these

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    8 : ' . ' . * Memoir of Dr . Cahb Ashworth . 09 S

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/3/