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wcclemfetical ^ history 3 but none of then * ' of ^ erf high aofJHjUit ^ There wbre / alno a few detacheft fragments of some of the X 3 reek classics . The
Patriarch behaved to us with the utmost liberality , not only sending one of his chaplains to assist us in making a catalogue of the library ; bat allowing us t&rtiske any of s the tti'anuscripts we might wish to &erid to ^ Engfand for the
purpose of being examined and collated ;? ° Such as we thought interest * ing for curious were forwarded to London , along with those procured from the Princes' Islands ? and they are fiow in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth . : ^ . >
We had some difficulties to overcome before admission could be obtained' into the rooms of the mosque of-Saint Sophia , the libraries in the Seraglio * and those belonging to the schools , mosques -and epfte £ es of Dervtses at Constantinople . ' The influence 0 f' Lord Elgin at length / prevailed ; but in none of those vast collections
of books was there a single classical fragment of a Greek or Latin author , eitheroriginal op translated . The volumes were in ; Arabic , Persian , or Turkish ; and of all of them Mr : Carlyle took exact catalogues .
• The result of our labours previous to his taking a final leave of Constantinople was , that we examined every library within our freaieh Which was Hkely to contain any valuable manuscript ; and that we sent to London 27 codices of different parts of the New Testament , besides an Arabic and a Persian version . In addition to
these , Mr . Carlyle procured a number of oriental manuscripts relating to history and poetry ; these , since his decease , have been purchased by the East India Company . P . *!? . In his printed circular , containing * " hints and observations" for the use of his co-operators in the
colla-* In the written letter to . his colleagues qtbove alluded to ,, JJh ' v C mentions this circumstance pf the MSS . received froni the Patriarch of Jerusalem being- granted to hini Jor the purpose qf collation only , on th « condition , howereiy of being returned when &o collated 1 !<> w far this promise , is lilteJ v ' to be redeeiued fwin the silent
slumber in whieli these invaluable tfeasurts art' n «» w re | i <» Min ^ ainun ^ the A rebive n of Looibe ^ th may become perhap * a subject of rather curiona » peci * l » 4 tioa , i '
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tioh of Ml Grfeek MSiS- 6 f the tfei * Testament , Mr . G v hikiclfi ^ maitW ^ eicactl conforinity With tfe # aacodiit abofe detailed } that * ' the whole 6 fM : he
t > re ^ iit MSS . were eit h er broag ^ hi By Wfti' frdth Syria , or furnished by the P ^ triaVch of Jerusalem from his libra ; ry at Coristarifinoprle ; or lastly , collected by Mr . Htrnt and himself in thfe Inlands of the Archipelago , and theSea ; oFMarai 6 ra : r v
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[ . Sir , ' . ¦ JSfofwiek r J an . $ ' , % > IS 1 $ . ' . 1 . 1 M&ffl with sohae sucprise malatc ^ JNt iiin ' bie ^ of the ^ Repo ^ tory [ XIL 6 ^ Q ^ asort of call upon 0 r . JPriestIey ' 3 friends to notice something resembling a charge against him , of preaching other Sermons than his own . To a certain extent it is true . I know that he sometimes borrowed the Sermons of his friend Dr . Enfield , that he preached them at Birmingham , and so far from thinking it wrong , that he
mentioned it among his congregation vrithooif an y reserve . * TMt a man , whdse whole life was a scene of intense and Varied application ^ tnd study , whose . labours were as unceasing as they were unparalleled , should be
accused of neglecting an important branch of his diity , of being' negligeidlt arid ihdblent , ( which undoubtedly wafs meant to be implied , ) d 6 e& seem straiirge enough ; or 'that'a ' j ^ actice whidh certainly preVaili arhbhg hundreds of his brethren , should bfe im *
piited to him as si blemish . EDWARD TAYLOR . [ On the subject of the a J ) oye lette ^ , a inuch . respected private correspondent , welt entitled tp speak with confidence of all il ^ at relates to I > r , Priestley , writes to us as follows :
I see in the Repository an apgry query about Dr . Priqstley ' s preaching other persons' sermons . Tfre fact is he * made no more of a secret ibed he occasionally preached t ) r . E ^ i fi ejUi ^ and Mr . Lindsey ' s sermons , especially afterhis own had been des £ roye < jl at the Riots , than * ^ *••*¦•**• *¦ does < tf
preaching Zollikoffer ' s . He found it difficult to compb ^ e on trite ; ico ifnmonplace su ^ bjectfe , and in general he thought he could employ his time bet * ter . He woiild have blushed at the idea of branding ! such a report a * a c&lumpyJ V i ! E » i ] i ¦ ' - » * / * 1 . v - ' . ; aLi ^ flaflli ^ feHBH ^^* > n i ¦ ! ¦ ' i - ^ '¦ ' \ ¦ ' 1 » ' f ' - f \ , fi T ^^^^^ P ^^^^ T . . ' ' '• * - * ' J
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/14/
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