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-gfoawr passed hi * laat voyage upon that issue . Tile Moravian Church was called tog-ether upon' the occasion , at least , the aiders of it , and after several hours spent in ° prayer , one of them threw a lot which determined him to return to England . Nevertheless the good man , in whom , I ' must gay , there is as much of the Christian apostolic spirit as I ever saw 6 n so little acquaintance in any person living' ; is
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Sir , Jan . 12 , 1816 . THE following character of Mr . Fox , as a parliamentary orator , at the age of twenty-eight , may suitably follow the interesting extracts from his speeches , which have appeared in your last volume . " Mr . Fox is certainly one of the first native orators in the * House , but he is
extremely negligent . His discourses are frequently finished pieces of argumentation , abounding in the best pointed observations , and the justest conclusions ; and supported by a w . eig'ht of reasoning-, a manly boldness and energy of expression , almost unequalled ; ana never , within the course of our knowledge or , experience , surpassed . His extemporary speeches ou facts , arguments
and details , not immediately arising from ior connected with the proper subject of debate , at least not foreseen , are truly admirable .. They bear every appearance of the most studied and laboured harangues , in every thing- but the delivery , wh ^ ch , however rapid , is not able to Jte . ep pace with the crowded conceptions of the speaker . His ideas are inexhaustible , and are ever ready at his command ; but even if
should resign ourselves to the entire will of our Saviour . Therefore the two following lots [ texts ] were written , aiitf with fervent prayer , one of them wap drawn by a child of four years old : . 1 . To them that are without law , < £ c . 1 Cor . ix . 21 .
2 . Therefore brethren , stand fast , 8 $ c . SThesa . ii . 15 . 'The last was drawn . We entered from that day , into a covenant with each other , to remain < upon > ifyfa . footing , and in , this ^ nst ^ utipn * P Aarry on , the work of the *« ord , and to preach his > gospel in all the M ^ aiid ampne aJH nations ^ whithersoever ft Srif ^ H , % pleas ^ tq sen 4 ar ^ d mean er 'W ^ i ^ »«? sap ^> fe " ^ T '^ ^^ f ^ ,, J ( 11 W U » feih < M ^ watQhei » 3 s « arev , f » A&di . hjijfo ^ xiki UiuK , . p , 07 .
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fully determined . to return , as soon as Pnovideuce gives him an opportunity , lie speaks of the four months he spent amongst the Indians , as the most delightful Dart of his life , though he was but beginniugjto understand their lauguage ^ and ha 4 Ui > accommodations of life about "him but such as they use , his English dress being e 3 fcepted .
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this were all , we could account for it easily ; but we must listen in silent astonish ment , when we observe him rise upon , some sudden unexpected incident , and discuss perhaps a deep intricate subject for an hour , with an ability , perspicuity a&kd precision , that would induce such aa are
unacquainted with his habits , or are Ignorant of his talents , to be persuaded that he came to the House previously prepared and informed , in order to deliver his opinion . With these almost unrivalled gifts which nature has bestowed , Mr , Fox is far from being a pleasing or persuasive orator . His utterance is rapid , disagree * - able , and sometimes scarcely intelligible . He speaks always as if he was in a passion , and the arguments of passionate people do not come well recommended . He sometimes descends to personal attacks , to anecdotes aud puerilities , much beneath the dignity of a British Senator , particularly a man of his consummate talents . "
T copy this passage from P . iii . of " Characters : containing an Impartial Reviewof the Public Conduct and Abilities of the most Eminent Personages in the Parliament of Great Britain ;** published at Dublin in 1777 . Those Prime Actors in the political Drama of their day , have all quitted the stage ; their love aiid their hatred and their
envy is now perisfyed . They were ni heteen in number , of whotn the Duk& of Graffcon was , I believe , the last survivor . N . L . T \
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Bdih ; January S , 1818 , Sir , YQU vyill give ine leave tojntrp- ? dues to tire notice of your readera one uncommon sentiment of QfVt Chuuncey , which was , thattlmrighfeet , oua , ia successive ages , would pasit through many . deaths , or states >< gfr obliiaon . As they must die io * thfcr present iv ^ rld before « h *^ in fewt ^>
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/5/
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