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tart fcecaitfcfe they - ^ terfe invade rs mud oppressors . He combated with rn > rebellious swtfd ^ for nr > mnfei ^ wus object He was bo tawdry philosopher—nor rolling * democrat—nor desperate adveiiturer- ^—nor saragfc tjontraftror : in tht » varfe ajid pwte
spirit of freedom and loyalty , he bi'ed for the King and eowstitutkin of jus native eountfy . When Poland lost her independence , Koscinsko lost his home : a £ she sunk he rose , but not upon her ruinsi 1 he Court of Russia would have alluted this
illustrious defender of the people whom she had subjugated , by temptations irresistible to vulgar minds . Buonaparte would have made him the fiatiered instrument of a spurious and hollow liberality to his countrymen : but Kosciusko saw that their lot was irretrievable : and his otna he
refused to change . As a soldier and a patriot in public life and in retirement , his principles were untainted , and his name unsullied : the monarchs whem he opj *© sed respeeted him ; the factions who failed to seduce , forebore to slander him ; and he would have been the Washington , had he Hot been tlie Wallace of Poland "
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to oectipy his mind , nsfesd to ati active situation , a ? nd having a taste for agriculture , he filled up most of the hours of the day hi super in tending improvements . The" adoption of this pfcm > while benefrcial to his health , relieved
him from the tediousuess of the most irksome life , that of having nothing to do . His leisure time and his evenings he devoted to books . Mr . Clarkson possessed a sound understanding , was intelligent , well-informed upon many subjects , and had particularly
studied religion . Few of the laity were better acquainted with the evidences of Christianity—better ahle to defend its bulwarks against infidelity , the doctrines which he embraced , or his principles as a Dissenter . Religion was not with him a theory , but it
entered into all his views , regulated all his pursuits ; and the Scriptures were " the man of his counsel , a light to his feet , and a lamp to his path , '' lie attended public worship constantly both parts of the da . y in the most serious manner : send no one who had
been much m his company could doubt a correspondence in the discharge of private duties . Mr / Clarkson was admired for an amiable uniformity of conduct ; his rectitude , his truth , his prudence , shone with conspicuous lustre . Unassuming * , unostentatious , he Tvas pious , modest , gentle ; and all the virtues seem to have been
concentrated in his character . In the several domestic relations of husband , father , master , it is saying little to say he was exemplary . He was a priest in his own house , offering morning and evening sacrifice . To the poor he was charitable ; to his friends fall of afltection and kindness . He was
most distinguished by the evenness and sweetness of his temper , nerer ruffled or discomposed , never off his guard in speaking , nor , if he were hurt , betraying the irritation of anger . He is known to have said , that he had taken a great deal of pains with himself to acquire this serenity and
compofcttre * , and that lie was certain people might attain it if they tried . In his last illness , he was not only a pattern of patience , but thankful for every service rendered to him , and expressed his lively aettefc of the goodness of God , and tiep <* tidfcnce upon the Dwiflfc premises . He spate of them in the most animating « tmin as
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G 88 Ohituary Rtv . Tfi&rms Asllvy—~ R * thtird Clarkson , Esq .
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Oct . 15 , at Chtxterfz&lrl , in Derbyshire , the Rev . Thomas Asti ^ ey , at the advanced age of 79 years , who had been the Pastor of the Unitartem Congregation in that town during a period of nearly forty years .
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— 16 , at Sowwood 9 the seat of the Marquis of Lansdown , Mr . Broad , for nearly forty years steward in the Marquis ' s family ; being out in the
park on the day preceding , with a party of ladies and gentlemen , he found a dead adder , which he took up in his hand , and opened its mouth , to shew where the poison of the creature lay ; in doing this , however , the subtle matter communicated to a cut
in one of his fingers . On the < next morning , Mr . Broad was found dead in his bed , with every indication of his having died from the effects of the poison , the arm being much inflamed
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— $ 4 , at Fmrwater £ ft > M $£ , near Taunion , Kichard CkAttKfloN , Esq . aged -02 . He w * s a character of no common worth or merit . Retired from business at Kingston upon
Thames , he purchased an . estate about a mile from Taunton , delightfully situated , with a charming place erf residence * He did not give himself up to dissipation , luxtory or slot *) , bat knowing the importance of ton object
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1817, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2470/page/48/
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