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giay be supposed consequently to convey their sentiments as well as his own . " Lord Cornwallis n * est qu un soldat " Mr . Jackson est un ambitieux , de * a moitte de * masque * . " Mr . Webb est le seul de la legation Anglaise , qui ait , a la fois , assez A * esprit pour traiter , et assez de probite * pour obtenir la confiance .
" 11 possede celle du gouvernement frangois , " Son depart rompt la paix . " S' il est ordonne' par son gouvernement je me tais . " S * il cede a un m&xmtenteuient particulier , il a tort . .
" Un bon Anglois s' eleve au-dessus d ' un d £ sagre " ment , quand de son absence doit re * sulter le mal , et quand de sa presence doit r £ sulter le bien . " Je re * pete qu £ le depart de Mr . Webb " L rompt la paix * La terminera-t-on avec un homme
d ^ ja so upc ^ onne * d' aller au-dela des devoirs d' un Ambassadeur ? " Hie short continuance of the peace of Amiens , affords a striking commentary on the above . "—Pp . vii . viii . Besides the works specified in out former yoiume , Mr . Webb published " M armor . Norfolciense , " a Satire . / Letter to John Sawbrid
' ge , Esq ., on Popular Opposition to Government . " " Thoughts on the Constitutional Right and Power of the Crown in the Bestowal of Places and Pensions /* 1772 . 8 vo . " An Epistle to Lord George Germaine . " " Friendship / 1 a Poem . " Justice , " a Poem . ' < Epistle to tie Rev . Mr . Kell . ^ " Ode on Fortitude . ' *
Letters in " The Diary" under the signature of VjeriTs , on the subject of the dispute with Spain respecting Nootka Sound , afterwards reprinted in a pamphlet .
" Hyinn to the Dtya& / inscribed to Dr . Turtbn . '' Ode to the % ntti Nyttmhs ^ inscribed to Lord Frederick QttttpbeD , 1801 , 4 to . \ Memoir of Mr , Oifes Hussey ^ the artist , communicated to tjte Editor of the «< History of Ooraetildre ^
, Mr . Webb , in his eightieth year , enjoyed ail the faculties of his rimji , with a considerable share df bodfty health , tUl within a few months of hfe d « &th . Iti « s mattners he was a perfect gefttletfean . Ih -rv- v-w < ¦ ¦¦
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In his , person he was well ^ propprticmed , and rather »> ioye Ihe middle size , i ^ h an open , manly countenan ^ , and vvith features highly expressive , of energy , pene
tration ^ benevolence and iii ^ elligence . " A plain marble t ^ Iet in flie parish church of Barrington marks the spot , in which are deposited the remains , of Mr . Webb .
" It is thus inscribed , ( by his own particular desire ;) " * tpLARCUi WEPB The Friend of Mankind ^ and a Friend to their sacred flights and Liberties , both Givil and Religions ; Born at Tauntoi ^ IBth September , 1735 , Died at Barrington 2 nd August , 1815 /' . M&noir . P ~ - * xxii .
The lady *> f Mr . Webb , Hannah , daughter of WilHain Milner , of Poole , Esq ., whbm he married at Wareham , March 31 , 1764 , still survived him ; and to her conjugal piety the public are indebted for this new edition of his
Sermons . They were originally published in 4 volumes 12 mo . The two first appeared in 1766 , and were so well received that the author was solicited to print two more volumes , and two editions of the four volumes were
speedily sold . Sotne few alterations are made in the present edition , in conformity to the later opinions of the author , which were ^ ntirely Unitarian . It were idle to criticise Sermons on which the public has already g iven a favourable judgment . They display a refined taste , considerable knowledge
ot human nature , rational piety , and a warm concern for the civil interests and moral improvement of mankind . We jthali gite o& attrtet frctea tjhe la ^ t jSertoon in the Tdliime , oil tftfc d ^ ath of his Roykl HlgM egs William Dute Qf WWbe ^ M
present QonditiQii of the nation : € t ¥ e Mtigs 6 f the ^ artftf ! - ^ ^ Y ^ i princes df the people ; In / tfete fttedf greatne ^ read Jour own . Nor pal ^ fee ^ of grandsw , npr crowns of glorV , wfm ^ ag ^ ^^^^ aik 0 to protect you frdvti th ^ dtrbkfe dFB ^ th will be reduced to commort shKW ^> ^ mtf crowns , ydu Vourselv ^ * m TpUt % , # lth sicltty retedtion ; your sceptred itftf teppfcair thd pageant of ail hour , attd ' yoil * tHrdneH ytela f 6 vi neither c&t&tioHt * inW rtjteiot * t ; and if yon be not durroimde ^ Wi& g&dttfa dt ydnt own rbttifes , no ^ e ^ l < i ^ t » niNro tettyou . : •• ; ! : # > '• - " < ¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1820, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2485/page/49/
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