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become attached to the principles of the Revolution then in its infancy in France , was led to visit that countfy . In consequence of the interest she took in the events then passing , she published , iu 1790 , Letters written in France to a Friend in England , in the Summer of 1790 . , A second edition appeared in
4 Vols , 12 mo ., in 1792 . She went to France a second time in 1791 , on which occasion she published a poem , entitled A Farewell for Two Years to England . From this time , however , she became a permanent resident at Paris . Her principal publications , subsequently to this period , were , Letters , containing a Sketch of the Politics of France , 4 Vols ., 12 mo ., 1796 . Paul and Virginia , translated from St . Pierre . This was the
amusement of her hours of confinement while imprisoned in the temple' during the sanguinary ascendancy of Robespierre . A Tour in Switzerland , 2 Vols ., 8 vo ., 1796 . Sketches of the State of Manuers and Opinions in the French Republic , in a Series of Letters , 2 Vols ., 8 vo ., 1800 . Poems selected from Various Authors , 12 mo ., 1796 . In 1803 , she edited the Political and Confidential
Correspondence of Louis XVI ,, in 3 Vols ., 8 vo ., adding her observations to the letters . And , in 1815 , she published a Narrative of the Events which took place in France from the Landing of Napoleon Bonaparte on the First of March , 1815 , to the Restoration of Louis XVIII ., with tin Account of the Present State of
Society and Public Opinions . Her last literary employment was the translation of Humboldt ' s Personal Narrative . Of this valuable work she had completed six octavo volumes , and at the time of her death had made considerable progress in the seventh . During the eventful period of the French Revolution , Miss Williams enjoyed the friendship of some of the most eminent persons who bore
a part in the public transactions ; and , during the ahort peace of 1802 , her house was the resort of most of the English travellers of respectability who visited the French metropolis . As a writer she acquired considerable reputation . But none of her works , some of her smaller poems , perhaps , excepted , are of a character likely to transmit her name to posterity .
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Mr . Frederick Boardman . Dec . 6 , at his residence , Mount Pferisant , near Manchester , Mr . Frederick Boardman , Solicitor . In his profession he was remarkable for the conscientiousness with which he gave his opinions ; and , though opposed to his interest , yet he generally advised his clients to act
upon the Scripture maxim , " Agree with thine adversary quickly , " as he felt it to be his duty to prevent them from needlessly incurring the expense and unpleasantness which too frequently attend litigation . In all his actions he was characterized by an unbending regard to principle , and his memory is embalmed iu the affectionate remembrance of those
who knew his worth . He was , from personal investigation , a firm believer in the doctrines of Unitarianism , and during the latter period of his life cherished a hope that he should be able at a future period to devote the whole of his time to the office of a
Christian teacher . During the greater part of the time that the Lancashire and Cheshire Unitarian Missionary Society has been established , he was a preacher at its different stations . It was his general practice to preach extempore , and there were always a fervour and an earnestness in his ministrations which caused him to be listened to with great attention .
The Unitarian Society recently established in Salford , Manchester , has lost in him a valuable friend . He was connected with it from its infancy , and may be justly called one of its founders . He engaged with zeal aud laboured with diligence to promote the success of its different institutions , and he was greatly respected by its members for his talents and integrity . To the Sunday-school he was a most efficient support , and , indeed ,
every scheme that had for its object the improvement of his fellow-creatures , found in him a ready and a sincere friend . He was naturally formed for domestic life , and many are the sacrifices of ease and enjoyment which he has made to fulfil his duty . About seven months since , he was married , when he entered his solemn protest against the marriage service , because it required from him an implied assent to the truth of doctrines which he believed to be fun * damentally erroneous .
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Obituary . —Mr . Frederick Boardman . 137
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1828, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2557/page/65/
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