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5 St 2 JRevtew +- ~ Jbutftf * Gazetteer .
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« ' Tk&mas IVakeiiekl , B . A ., the mrufetey of iMs p&rislr * erects this memorial of his brother ' s desert and his own afiectW « n < / Misb Anfiiw , niece to the celetnated Mrs . &ar 6 a « e ^ and anchor of several popular historical productions ^ penne d the following elegant Hues to his me *
Bi ^ mory ** - * " Frieact , 6 f departed worilr , whose pilgrim fcet Ttbee £ ii | aredf iperft to its last retreat , 0 ft \ vttt tii > r srt ^ iis ' Imprint the hallow * d shade , Where Wakefie ^ D ' s dusteittbafahft hr
* t&kfr , foiafd . ' $ I 6 re , '< ftftt thotf say , * a high undaunted soul ffaat sjmrn ' cf at palsied caution ^ weak cohttOiu ,
A tiSM by learning stored , by gemtfs In FR 6 ^ p 6 M * 6 ( jause with generous waitnfli inspired , MOiild ^ s iif earth — the fabric of his fame
ft £ stson the pillar of a spotle&s name ! For j £ 0 a tijjlio o ' er the sticred marble bendr 1 ^ 6 # eep the husband , father , brother , frieritiy Arid miitety eloquent in anguish raise Of keeii regrets his moriumefit of prafse , May faith , tttay fri ^ ndshit ) , &ty your Streamiflgtears , AttA vittue Hihigie cotnfott With your
. sighs , r T \\ lr 4 $ ign ( iiiofiy softly stealing on With pensive smile , bid lin ^ ring grief fee gone , Attd tafdy TiMfe v 6 il o ' er with gradual shade All but the tender tints you would not wish to fade !
" I knew this excellent man , and he is deserving of the reverence of posterity . " The Rev . Thomas fVakefield bas also a neat monument , near the pulpit , with this appropriate inscription—€ C Reader—this marble is sacred to
departed excellence , and was raised by the parishioners of Richmond to perpetuate the name of Thomas Wakefibld , B * A ,, who for thirty yean was their Diiui ^ ter , their guide , and theii * friend ! If aptly thou art conscious o ^ congenial virtue ; if like Mm , thou s ^ rt pure , Jwt , beneficent , liberal , and pious , upright with mau and humble with Goi > r—reflect and
rejpice ^ that while thy recompense ia certain in heaven , thy memQry shall be cherished uppii earth I Thomas Wakefield was born the 18 th of Decenufaer , 1751 , and died the 26 th of Noveoiber , 1806 /'—Pp . 79—84 .
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Aim \ i- ^^ f Gazetteer qfi the most Remarkable- Placm m the World ; itiiih Wwf Nmfow of the principal Historical Events , quid of the mmt celebrated Permits connected tciih
tketft : to pMck are annearerd , Re fereiicesi to Bdofo of &Uior $ y Voyages , Travels * 8 fo . » intended to pro * m <> te the , improvement of Yo % tfh m Gtog-raphp * , i £ i #$ or % , and ? ifyiQgmphy . By Thomas Rourn , Teacher of Writing ami Geography , Hack ney . 3 rd ed . 8 vo . pp . 984 .
riTiOQ much importance qsuaot be JL ascribed to books ( &r educatioa . Insensibly , they fp ^ T / . 4 ^ ie 4 tMitional cha ^ actet ; An * ija , Mfik « feiv the ?/ aspect of ttie J ) TCsetit 4 lBat € ^ is p ^ cttMarly
encoujagitig , a murked itnprqyettient having : o £ l ^ te ym $ & ta ^ ea ^ lacfe in the elementary books that aite gilt into the hands of ^ dtipg J ^ tsoiis . Td this gteaslnjf change _ the lkte Mr , Butler-. ( see mm . Repos . XVII . 571 ) and bis family , to which the present author belongs have largely contributed * The works that have
issued from this school , and they are numerous , are full of intere $ tiii # information , and encourage a taste for literature , and inculcate the genuine feeling * of humanity wd just principles of morality and religion , jfhere is scarcely a page in any one of the ^ se manuals that does not record some
important fact , or relate some pleasing anecdote , or contaiji some " elegant extract . " Mr . Bourn e s " Gazetteer" is not merely occupied With longitude and latitude , with the names of kings and
queens and ministers of state , and with Notices of antiquity : he has enriched his descriptions with every kind of literary and biographical reference - ^ -subjoining in mast cases his authorities . We giv ^ a fevq specimens , taken at random :
" Birmingham ^ a large town in Warwickshire , tx ia noted for its hardware aud japan manufactories , and for the steam - engines made by Boulton and Watt . The Birmingham goods are exported in great quantities to forsigu
couutnesi whefe , in point of cheapness wA shotv united , they are unri ^^ lte * . —Wa « - ner ' s N . Ttiiur <~~ ln 1791 , a tumultuous rising of the populace * iu cottisequeiice of several festive meetiugs taking place ou the anniversary of the demolition of the Bastille to celebrate that event , destroyed
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/50/
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