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Sir , . May . 2 , 1818 . PREVIOUS to my publishing the volume of Posthumous Works of the late Robert Robinson , of Cambridge , a few years since , I made every inquiry in my power after bis remaining sermons , letters , &c-j " but notwithstanding my endeavours , several of them were not received till some time
after the publication of the volume above-mentioned . As it is improbable that what remain will ever be published collectively , it is my intention to send to your Repository" two or three of his letters , in my possession , and , if I can , prevail on the parties
who have others , to send them also . I am persuaded that there are very few of your readers who will not be both entertained and edified in perusing th ^ se effusions of a man , of whom the Christiau world in general , and his
own denomination in particular , were ' not worthy ; " but of whom , when I consider the peculiar excellencies of his life , his character , and his writings , I am apt to exclaim in the language of Horatio , concerning Hamlet ;—
u was a man , take him for all in all , We shall not look upon his like . again . " The following letter , your readers will perceive , refers to a subject which has < thrown some of your learned Correspondents , as it has many others , learned and unlearned , into hot water ! B . FLOWER .
To H . K . Esq . Chesterton , March 12 , 1787-MY dear Mr . K . No ! I have written that line tooquigk : you are none of my dear Mr . K . —you are become another man . You resemble n \ y violets this
cold , frosty rhorning : —violets in shape and colour , but not in scent ; for the frost has nipped them , checked their perspiration , and they emit none of their fragrant effluvia . What , in the name of . goodness , ails you , that you
n $ ver write ? Do you run poor ? Are all your members of parliament dead ? Arp you afraid-of interrupting me , now that I have nothing tp do ? The limitation of franking has teena great blessing to trie , for it has clicked a boundless correspondence with me
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about . Tbhit and his dog ; but you are one of the correspondents whom I wished to preserve ; not , for your sake , be it known to you , but for our own ; for your letters used to give us so much pleasure , without any mixture of pain , that we broke open the seal , in confidence of the same success as follows
opening an aromatic box of perfume : the house was filled with the odour of the ointment . And what was there in it ? Nothing but—friendship 1 but divine friendship , — u Was like the oil , supremely sweet , On Aaron ' s reverend head :
The trickling drops perfum'd his feet , A nd o ' er his garment spread . Last year , Mr . F . chanted— " I hope we shall see Mr . K . "—Then came H ., and he fluted— " Mr . and
Mrs . K . . will-, indulge us with a visit soon . " My poor credulous wife ex ^ - claimed—" Next month we shall have the happiness of seeing pur good
friends , Mr . and M rs . K . " But I , wiser than all , I growled— " No such thing ; I tell you they will not come ; your good man is good for nothing , To-day he goes to buy and to plant a new-fashioned auricula , which is
nothing but a bear ' s ear when he hath got it . „ To-morrow he meets the ministers and messengers . The day after , he . dines with the worshipful company of fishmongers . Then comes
the church meeting ; and after all , the wharf ; and when he hath nothing else to do , he would rather creep up four pair of stairs , in some blind alley , to give heavenly counsel , and ha ] f
Tacrown , to some grunting old granny , than come and see us . " Here , against my intention , my censure faltered , and the pent-up tear burst out . The benedictions of . heaven rest ^ pon the head of good Mr . K . for copying his Divine Master , and for administering comfort to the wretched ! Anoun ^ e
of this against a pound of faith !—Yet sure he could ask his pensioners one week ' s leave of absence . I' bless the Lord , bur church continues to increase . Last chiircti meeting , a son of i ) r ,. -r—— Jpineij tiije church - rr j ^ g ; wa ^ t rai ned up . J ^ ; il ^ la ! w , aadt studies in term tim ^; iu town , at the bar , " arid the rest of the year
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/6/
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