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give * me a rig-ht not toj be misunderstood by the head of the Churchy ¦ . r / 7 ' . , " £ . r .. ' . ' , .. I ' ¦ .,. ; " < r Watson . ' , " This letter was not all calculated to promote a good understanding * between the Archbishop and myself : bjij ; I was
very indifferent about it , and / never afterwards trpubie ^ . m ^ sf ^ with , &im j ^ for T had no . opinion of his abilities ^ and he was so wife-ridden JT had no opinion of his politics . ^ Iliy predecessor bad been fifteen , and I had been nine years
Professor of Divinity , without either of its having beeti noticed ; as to preferment ^ by either the Archbishop , or the ministers of the ; Crown ; and J » had mo re pleasure in letting' tbe ^ Arebbishap see that ; I was not to be intimidated , than I should have had in r ^ ceivi ^ g from : him the best thing in £ tis gift * after a long servile attention .
u My temper could never brook subinissiori to the ©?< Ii m > r $ means of ingratiating * nijself with Jg'reat r ttien ; and- hence firi . Halliitax ^ ( afterwards Bishop of St . Asap h ^) whose temper was different , called me one of tKe JyloLiroitl- arid lie % as right enough in the denomination . I was determined to
be advanced in my profession by force of desert ^? or mot . at " all ; .-1 It has been said , 1 ( 1 believer by ? B'Alembert , ) that ? the highest offices m ^ hurcJb ; -frfyfi ; : state ^ resemble ; a pyramid who ^ e top is accessible tp pilly two sorts of an i mals , eagles and reptiles , 3 jfy pinians were 1101 strong enougft to
pounce upon its fop , and f scorned by creeping to ascend its supimit . Not tKo , t a bishopric was then 6 f ever an object of my ambition * V for I considered the ticcfifisition of it as no proof of personal merit , indsmuch as bishoprics are as often given to Jhe . flattering ' dependants , or to the unlearned younger branches of noble jam i ~ He $ r as tp men of the greatest erudition ;
cmd ) / considered the possession of it as a frequent occasion of personal demerit : for I saw the geqer ^ aiity of the bishop s bartering their , inclependeqce , and the dignity of their order for ike chance of a trtiUsldtiony and polluting gospel humi ^ litpby the pride of prelacy" Pp . frO ^
The © octor rel ^ tea tb ^ it at t | iis period , his friend , General Honey * wood , offeired A ^ ta give him Jfor his life and that of Mrs . Watson : a neat Muse
git the end of his park & , % Marks ^ all , in : Essex ; hututhj ^ t though tl ^ , pJBp ? r was on riianyi afccQii » t 3 HttriictiVi ^ Jh ei refused it , oh > othe , mme ground tbkP MkrmQ&telhfrd ) & 0 &im ^^ sent , < Je don ttoitmw chairtf , et je rie ^ ¦
vouitiis point porper * »; >¦ r - ;; ' ^ tnn <• : ! I ^ ti' - '¦; * fe inserts * w *! ? Jett * r «» which he
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addressed to an anonymous correspondent T 01 Q attacked bis ; Fa ^ J ^ ermoii v he thus delineates his mind , - with regard to jt ^ litteai principle and feeling : ' y- - .-. ' . '¦ . -. , .. ' -.. •' - . . ,. ' :. ' . ;; ., ¦¦ . .. ' , t : ] '
< c I am not the Satan ^ yoii ( esteem tfte for I do liot think with Satan , that it is 6 better to reig ^ a in Hell , tban : serve in Heaven . ' But I do think , that it is befier to bask in the sun and suck a fortui tous
sustenance from the scanty drippings of the most barren rock in Switzerlandj with freedom for my friend ^ than to batieyias& slave * at the most [ luxurious table of the greatest despot on the gibbet ; ^ '
** The kittg-, notwithstanding " , has not a more loyal s abject , nor the constitution a warmer friend ; : V ; :: _ *• "" ^^ , ^ :. ' : . . ;!; " : ; T u I most readily submit to laws made by men exercising their free powers of deliberation fov the goqd of th ^ . whole 3 but
when the leg-illative assembly is actuated by an extrinsic spirit ^ ^ th ^ ii sub missio n becomes irksome to me ; then t bfigin tci be alarmed ; knowing whk' Bookeiy tih ^ t ^ to " live by one man ' s will , becomes % & $ [ : chusW \ of all ; inertV misery . I dread fie ^ dli ^^ worsie than death 5 ' and the despotism £$ k ' piarHamfent * worse than thaj df ia kitig ^ ? v 'jhvkj I hope ^ the time will ineiver- come , ^ wheU ' itj willl be necessary for me to declare ihajt } / will submit to neiifieri I shall probably be rotten in my gr | tye , befi ^ re ljsee f ^^ eewjs of
what yoii speak of , th ^ tyranny a George the Sixth , or of ac Crpinw ^ ll ^ anif ii may be * that I want philosophy in int ^ rtlsti ^ myself in" political disquisitions , ^ ih apprehending * wbat may never b-appe ^ ii ^ ^ bWC' r conceive that X ' am to live \ i \ society in
another state , and a sober attachmept ; fo theoretic principles of political , trufji cawnot be an improper ingredienitji ^ Qtsocitil character , either in this n > orJ 4 or ¦' . ^ ( fie next" P . ; 76 . ' n \ 1 . ¦ - .. . , ¦ v , :, i };^ { ¦ . - : ¦ ¦*
-He afterwards discovered thait his ; anonymous COi : respond ^ nt w as , 0 uffc : f berlandy before menta ^ ned as secretary to Lord George Germaine , who on am > th ^ r occasio u was ¦ amhitioup ^ of coiitendiiig witli hinit ; » n < J pi ^| i | ine ^ au answer to his Letijerit ^ tft e ' fA'iMJ rJ bishop of Canterbury ^ TUg 'B ^ tJoir
topk no , farther notice . \ pf hin ^ ' $ & # - si < Jerjng that tboug « h ^ j ^ a 4 ^^ l t " ^ a v < ersi % r and a * . w ? iiter ^ es ^ , |^ h ^ s head vf ^ s v « Qtji ^ a ^ . tto i » g- ; \ A ^ cpr dM ) g . ^ o # ^^^ , ^ fc sifieatio ^ 1 af , jund ^^ p 4 itigf ^ f " ^ s ^ berland vvas at most a two ^ yilogism K ' lTf ^ QBp ^ n ^ Mdnn ^ fi ^ ffiun ^ tj » e igflpeilff 9 f the ; C « p , |» I WO * nmmasmfatby ;« r . .. vvifto , ;/ Tm
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• Meview . —^ Life : of the Bishop qf Landaff . 1 SFf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/51/
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