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poor found in him a li beral benefactor and a generoiis fricrid . In his family circle he was beloved and revered ; from his congregation he met with much respectful attention ; and in his intercourse with the world , his conduct was so correct ; and at the same
time so modest and unassuming , as to give you at once a complete idea of the Christian and the gentleman . In short , to adopt the language of Mr . Radcliffe , in summing up the excellencies of Dr . Lardner ' character ,
* When 1 consider his ardour for truth , yet tenderness for error ; his learning mixed with so much diffidence and humility ; his zeal tempered with so much prudence ; and his faith accompanied with so much benevolence ; when I observe the simplicity of his
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No . 1 . From Rev . Theoph , Lindsey to Mr { afterwards Dr . ) W . Harris . Piddletown , April 13 , 1763 , Dear Sir , and my good Friend , SHOULD have sooner acknow I ledged yours had I not been hin
dered in my purpose of looking over Madame Sevign 6 * s Letters before I wrote to you . 1 have gone through the six volumes , and noted the few things relative to your subject , and should have sent them this post , but
that I am prevented by an ugly cold which these north and easterly winds have given me , and which seems not likely to lea ve me till they go away ; but they shall be sent as soon as I can transcribe them , and , in the mean
time , I send this to quiet my own mind ! for not answering your& sooner . We were glad to hear yourself land Mrs . Harris \ vere both well ; we have reason to be thankful for the same great blessi ng * for tny ailment is
nothing but what the French call un rhettm de santi , and I bless God my wifeis perfectly well . She joins me in every good wish and compliment to yourself ' attd Mrs . Harrfe abd rtieoe , 1 I h&vfc had no letter ftma London
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deportment * his uniform and unaffected piety ; his attachment to ? liiis divine Master , and goodwill to mankind , I cannot help saying , * Thi ^ was the disciple whom Jesusi loved ; '"* and , when this is said , all further panegyric would be idle arid vain . " R . A . —H . ¦ I | ; ¦ ¦ '' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' / " ' ¦ ¦ . '• , * . ;
* The above eulogyuni Has been already applied to the character of the Uev . T . Lindsey , ( of whom , I need scarcely add , it was not less truly descriptive , ) in a sermon by the Rev . J . IL Br&nsby , on the
death of that venerable confessor and eminent * servant o-f Godj and a likewise interwoven in the discpurse of the Rev . Robert Aspland on the same occasion . " R . W . ¦ ¦ {
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lately , so that I know nothing but what the public press tells us , and by the last of them Lord Bute has actually resigned . Whatever the North Briton has thrown out against him , some friends of mine tell me he does
not deserve it * and that any obnoxious measures he may ha . ve been led into , have been through the suggestion of others , and particularly of one whom you Honiton people , in the last Salisbury journal , have expressed your spleen against . Lprd H- —^— -n never
was to go to Ireland nor Lord N ^ -iid . ; Lord Harcourt was certainly to have beeri the man before the late resignation ; who it maybe now ,. is not , perhaps , easy to say .
My prayer , in which you will join me , is for concord and unanimity in pursuit of the public good amongs ^ our governors , which was surely never more wanted than at present . ° > I hope : Mr . Hollis is well ; < to ; my shame I have tiot wrote to him since
I saw you : but I am unwilling to interrupt his moments that are so valuably employed , unless I have something worth his attention . I have been taken up lately with reading Hume ' s History of the Tudors and of Great Britain , whieh we borrowed ;
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From Rev . Theoph . Lindsey to Rev . TF . H&rris . 157
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[ Communications for this department are earnestly requested . Autographs shall be c ' ' returned , when it is so desired . ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/5/
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