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kiitd and composed aspect , truly indicating the calmness and benigtfity of bis temper . * He ? hafcl an utter distitee cfi large and ^ mixed co mpanies ; Next to his boeksn his chief satisfaction--itas irtithe seri&tis conversation of-a literary companion , or iri the company of a fevf friends * In * this sort of society he ;
> voukl open his mind with great un * reservedness , and with a peculiar turn and sprightliness of expression . His person * wasflow , but well formed ; his * coi » p ] exion Mr and delicate . Except occasional interruptions by the gout ^ he bad for the greatest part of his life ?
enjoyed good health ; aed ^ when notconfined by that dhtemper ^ was foil of motion and activity . About nine ye 8 tni < before his cteatfa , he was greatly enfeebled by ? a > sever £ * attack of thegout in » hi « stomach ; and a short time after
th ^ t y ] M € ; the- use of one of his legs ;^ Nto&vilhstanding ; his fondness for e % ^ erciae > < he > resigned himself to this ' change , not only wtfchbttt complaint , bu ^ without any' sensible diminution of his cheerfulness and good humour : Hi * fault ( for we are riot writing a pttne&yric ) was the general fault of retiredand" studious characters *—too great a - degree of inaction and facility in his public station . The modesty , or rather bashfuines ^ of his nat ure , together with 1
i * -His portrait , painted by Mr . Roirwey , and engraved in mezzotinto by W . Dickinson , in 1777 | is a verj correct likeness .
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JRr 0 ffi » JBi $ kdp Law to Dr * Birth . [ Communicated by a friend , who copied th £ m from ' the originals among * Dr . Birch * s p&pers in the Museum , ( see Ayscough OatJ ) and has furnished tlie notes . Ei > J m m ^^ f ^ ^ 4 ^ n ^ r ^^ h . ^^>^^ k ^ ^^
" . Letter' I . Rev . MfcLaw to Rev . Mh' Birch . Sir , , Xt ' \? Aug , 7 , 1737 . W'BSTERDAY I received the fa-Jb < . vourof ^ yout letter , and heartily wish suc ^ es ^ t ^ th ^ 'W ^ rk ^ Sv h icli you
* ' Christ ' s College , Canabiidgfe , of which Mt \ Law had boen elected Fellow about 17 « 3 : S ^ ep . SSW . f TKe ^ Gyii ' eral dictionary , including Bdtf 1 es » t& ffte wfadle AeXlgttrftiifcotojftetca
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an extreme unwillingness' to give paic , rendered hitii sometimes less firm atow efficient in the adtrtinistration of au ^ tharity than w ^ is ^ requisite- * But if is tbe condition of human mortality ; There i » af » opposttioit betvifeen soriie virtues ^ wWich ^ seMotti pel-mils theittW subsist fogfetbtff'ih perf ^ ctioiKf
The bishofi was interred witK-dfic * sotetnaity ^ in his cathedlral church , M which a ^ h and ^ biile 5 i ^ 6 namebt is erecfedJ to his memory , bearing the following inscription : —
Columnar h 11 jus sepullus esl ad pedefti EpMUNht ^ Law , S ; T . P . per xtx ferk annbs bujinscc ecckfeiae ^ € |) iscop \ is . In e vaiigel iea -verhate exqiiirehd ^ et vindicanda , ad extremum usqiie seneefcutent operam navavit indefe 8 B ) ain .
Quo autem ' studio et effectii verita fenn ^ eodem et libertatem chrrstiatiam coltilt ; rellgionem sitnplicem et incorvaptain ^ nisi salva libertate , stare non posse arbitrates : Obiit A ^ ug- xiv . MPCGI . XXXV 1 K ^ Etat . txxxiv /
* [ There was another \ fattlt which Dr . Paley could not venture to mention , but which may easily be discovered inst Uni ^ - tarian bishop of a Trinitarian Charch . See Mon . Kepos . 1 . 761 ]
-f- Dr . Paley ' s further character of his friend and first patron , may be seen in tbe dedication of his u Moral . aiid Political Philosophy . " '
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are erf ^ Ajgin , niany parts of which I have read' v ^ itli * pleasure , bpt am very , sorry that I cantiot be of service to you in the article you mention , havingjiever heeb able to get a sight of sueh- of Archbishop Kin ^' e papers as giiv ^ aiiy account of his lifei . ... ^ B * ^ ^ _ . ^ k V . . ^ . ^ k « ^ b '
I havie been told that h £ left ia * godd many vmiskte ' rial 8 for a v ^ i * y curious lifei and most of them digested by himself , ' together with a large collectioa of lettei ^ ssbii seVe ^ al points of literature , which were put into the hands pf Bishop S > yog ^ the younger , who undertook-to prepare them ftnr the press ^ oni «
. — & ^ -2—r * - - r .: ^ . -i c :. f r .. ^ ? . « r ~ r -r » ; m 'f ? ¦ m ¦ ' f ¦> : ; l „ , fcj **** lift ten volumes , folio ; the 6 iret of-wiiieh appeared i » 1 H& & * $ tW last in 1741 ^* B % . BHt ; 2 nd Ed . H , 319 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/6/
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