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orfy imfc&ppmefcs proceed ing from ht ^ sfe ^ fngfid (^ l ittle * and thinking too much ; which some ^ mn tbrevv hfm ifrto wiokftt fov ^ rs . * * and alt
^ Hiscon *^ nrBpbraMes that Iravg studied l % fois < character pro * nmince him t < s > 4 ia ; ve possessed roosfceKtratmlinary mental powers . Walter caite ftimv " the- miracle
of his age for remaning . '' * Aat > rey says , that he was tlie readiest and nimblest disputant of his time in the university * nnd tfotrbts whether be had been Equalled since , add i ne u 1 bate h ea rd M t Tfeo
mas ! Ht * t > bes ^ Malwesb . ( who knew . foim ) say , that he wfcs like a tasty iijgfetirfg fellow that did driv ^ tes eitc imes before him , but would oiten gWQ his awn party lenfibte sfnart back-blows . " +
' ^ The itest 'disputation / ' says kloyd ^ that was evfer heard in Cfcxford schools , was when he , Mr . Halke and Dr . Hammond disputed together t"J the same atrthoK remaiks , that he had 4 * this thnract ^ r fro m an adversa ry that his head was made for contrivances ,
and his heart fur doubts and 3 Cru ^ l « % rest i ag JH > where in his di ^ qmsition but Upon firs t pfincipje * , " || He is styled by Afchbi * tlJh ^ p Til i ^ Ltson , ** an incomparable person * " u the glory of this ags and naUonS'tf His greatt W 0 rk is called by Bp . Warburton , c < » a immortal book / ' u and
innmoTjtjal indeed it will be / ' subjoins XXtp K » ppis , wbo records the et ^ logitim , ^ ** un 1 i ? 6 s g < yod sense and sound jVasphiiior should be banished - , • : '• : - .- ¦ ' , - , , . Q- ¦ . . ¦ ¦
* Attempt , &c . Pt . II . p . 62 . g . 2 . t 3 Li y ^ 8 , ubi sup . 1 Metpoirs ,, « & ? - jft , ^ a , ft ; d , p- 543 If Sertnbns .: 'Sv 6 . 1757 . S . ccaiv § Biog . Bri « Art ^ hiHittgWdttll vol , UIP p ^ 17 , ; .
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from the wrDrldi" Affd Gfa % er , d ^ scrib 4 bg the ^ arhe ^ vdrfcf ; sSys , that •¦• the nuth 6 n ; 11 ike au expert fencer , parries fevery blow of his antagonist and pushes at him at the same time . In this celebrated
work we are not to look for elegance but truth , ' He exposes the false and delusive arts of sophistry and rhetoric ; strips them of tA thfcirornaments , and presents them to our eyes in their natural de « formity . '****
This last author scarcely dotes justice to ChiHingwortfs style : it is by no means without etegaivce , though this property is overlooked in its many other good qu&litfes :
Chillingworth was almost the first to break through the fetrerS in which English . composition wfis cramped , and to give an example of modern style , simple , ctear and flowing : his words are commonly
pare , his sentences compact : and there is an energy in some of his passages ^ which we look for in vain in the pages of the older Eftglish writers , which were quaint and lutinized , and which is rarely to be found in our more modern
authors * ' whose sole excellence is too frequently rnefe correctness . In relation both to the style and argument of his writings , Mr , Locke recommends him tu tfce perusal of students : ** I should pro *
pose , he says , " the constant reading of Chtllingworth , who by his example will teach both perspicuity and the way of right refc ^ soning , better than any bot > k ih&t I know , and therefore will deserve
to be read upon that account over andover « gain . + f ~ i ^ - ^^ * - , m ^* ¦¦ > ., >¦ ., ; . « ... ¦> . f . * .... iH »« ... Mi f iiM ^ . •* Bipg . Hist . Tol II . p . 168 . + t A Coiicct , of frcyeral piccifs of Mr . Jfbhn Locke , &c . p . sj 6 « .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/13/
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