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equally adepts in the art of seff-contradiction . After talking about " the of fence of publishing letters written iu the confidence of friendship and the exuberance of youth , " they observe tjiat " the letters , though occasionally warm in their gallantry , could not easily be tortured , even by Mrs . Candour herself ' , into pruriency of meauiug , nor do they in the
least discredit the piety of the writer . " This fact was before established 011 beU ter authority than any the Eclectic Review can advance ; but still it is satisfactory to find it incapable of perversion by men so deeply read in the " erotic gallantry" of " the wicked wasp of Twickenham . "
After having so often convicted these sages } it would be a degradation to investigate their sinister reflections on the talents of Dr . Doddridge . The characteristic kick is , however , introduced with a degree of treachery which must not escape detection . At p . 373 of the second volume of the Correspondence , is a letter rrom a neighbouring clergyman to his young friend , Mr . Doddridge , who
was not then ordained . In this letter , Mr . Saunders , after much iu the same strain , concludes thus : " I have au oracle to consult beyond whatever Greece or Rome could boast of , to whose correction I readily sub wit all my performances ; and do assure him that I aui , with a respect beyond expression , his most sincere friend and humble servant , * ' Thomas Saunders . "
In answer to these extravagant compliments , the reply of Doddridge breathes that profound humility for which he was remarkable . He even labours to depreciate his own unusual attain me n tn I This very letter have these ungenerous Reviewers quoted as a proof of the little extent of his acquirement * , without having fio much as hinted at the cause which produced it , or the peculiar feelings under which it was written : such an
insult to the dead , and imposition on the living , one would hope is without a parallel . A short example may also be given as a specimen of the purify of their theology : " We do not allude to the morbid dread of * high orthodoxy' and bigotry , ' which is occasionally betrayed , indicating the school in which he had been trained .
so much as to certain expressions and sentiments utterly irreconcilable with the divinity of his riper years . For example , in writing to Miss Jennings , Mr . DocL-
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dridge carries ine complimentary / strain bo far as to say , ' I am fully persuaded that you are daily addressing the throne of grace , and I hope that you do not entirely forget one who prays for you as heartily as for his own soul . I question not but that so much innocence a « d so much goodness is heard by Him with peculiar indulgence ; and I hope I may be , in many respects , the better for your prayers . '"
Now we are told in the Scriptures that the prayer of a good man availeth much , and of course of a good woman equally ; and therefore Dr . Doddridge had a divine sanction for the mode of expression which these presumptuous men , in their folly , have dared to stigmatize . fl
The close 15 worthy of the rest . He , " ( i . e . Dr . Doddridge , ) remark these Luminaries , * ' lived in an age barren of greatness , and his name serves to cast a ray over a dark and cheerless portion of our ecclesiastical annals . " Oh , most candid , just , and learned Reviewers 1 —' You call yourselves Dissenters—and did you really never hear of one Dr . Watts , nor of the
learned Dr . Lardner , nor of Neal , the historian of the Puritans , who were the personal friends and correspondents ot Dr . Doddridge ! And then are Wesley , Whitfield , Lady Huntingdon , and the noble renovator of the Moravians , to stand for nothing ! Had you a glimmer of liberality , 1 could name Archbishops Seeker and Herring , vvirh that giant in learning ( as Johnsou termed him ) , War * burton—men distinguished as much by
piety as for learniug ; aud whose letters testify their admiration of the man you would meanly depreciate : but it is enough , —there is a darkness , indeed , aud may you have the grace to fixid it . It exists iu the obwcurifcy of your intellect . Having uu masked these your friendly contributors , I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , J . D HUMPHREYS . Pentonville , Nov . 20 , 1829 .
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Rich * 8 Short-hand . To the Editor . Sir , London , Dec . IB , 1829-I have the satisfaction of informing you and your readers , that I have pu&t corrected the proof sheets of my promised edition of Rich's Shorthand , and that 1 expect that it will be ready for delivery before this letter appears in print .
in preparing my work for the press , I have made use of several manuscript ropie « lent me by my friends—of t Jie printed
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Miscellaneous Correspondence . 67
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1830, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2580/page/67/
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