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Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
Translation of Callimachu ' s , 1755 . " The " Miscellany , by'Nathaniel Freebody , " in the St . James's Chronicle , begun January 1 , 1767 : he communicated , indeed , many essays , at different ' times , " to the newspapers and magazines . Several " Papers signed Z in the Olla Pddrida 1787 ; " of which none are more entertaining than those that so elegantly prescribe the . rules of conversation , and so ludicrously expose
the frivolousness of modern visits . But the value of this publication he hath more particularly enhanced by his vindication of Dr . Johnson ; . ; by his . brilliant ( perhaps unrivalled ) testimony to the excellence of that great man . From such an interesting paper a quotation cannot but be acceptable . " That persons , " says he , " pf eminent talents and attainments in literature have been often complained of as—dogmatical ,
boisterous , and inattentive to the rules of good-breeding , is well known . But let us not expect every thing from every , man .. . There was no occasion that Johnson should teach us to dance , to make hows ,, or turn compliments . He could teach us better things . To reject wisdom because the person of him who communicates it is . uncouth , and his manners inelegant—whait is it but to throw away a pine-apple , and assign
for a reason the roughness of its coat ? Yv'ho quarrels with a botanist for not being an astronomer ; or with a moralist for not being a mathematician ? As it is said in concerns of a much higher nature , cverv man'hath his gift , one after this manner , and another after that . It is our business to profit by all , and to learn of each that in . which
each is best qualified to instruct us . " To these works must be added a small piece " On the Repeal of the Test Act , 1790 ; and his " Charge to the Clergy of his Diocese , 17 . 91 , " which his declining health prevented him from deliveririg ^ personally , but which he published , " that- so whenever he should be called hence , he mig ht leave some testimony of his regard for them , and attention to their concerns . " This was the good Bishop ' sfarewell to
, all his labours ; and they ' were closed with undiminished vigour of intellect . Here he maintains , what he had through life so ably maintained , the Doctrine of the Trinity in Unity , and refutes the error of those who , by the abuse of abstract reasoning , would subvert its -truth . Here also he pays equal attention to the dearest interests of society , and to man ' s eternal happiness : for this judicious " Charge" discusses the
great doctrines essential to ' Christianity ; . " the nature ' of God ; the nature of man ; the saving princip le of faith ; the importance and use of the Church ; the obedience due to Civil Government ; the necessity of a pure life and holy conversation . " - - - ..- -, A volume of his " single sermons" has lately been published . He ublished Stanhope ' s edition of Bishop Andrews ' s Devotions
rep , and is said to have intended publishing- an edition of 'IsaStcWaltonV Lives , had he not been prevented by Dr . Johnson's telling him , from mistake , that Lord Hailes had the same intention . ^ He married , in the year 17 68 , the daughter of Philip'Burton , of Hatton-street , Esq , by whom he hath left three , daughters . ; the eldest of whom is married to the Rev . Mr . Selby Hele , rector of Colmworth ,
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Life Of The Right Reverend George Horne,
Translation of Callimachu ' s , 1755 . " The " Miscellany , by'Nathaniel Freebody , " in the St . James's Chronicle , begun January 1 , 1767 : he communicated , indeed , many essays , at different ' times , " to the newspapers and magazines . Several " Papers signed Z in the Olla Pddrida 1787 ; " of which none are more entertaining than those that so elegantly prescribe the . rules of conversation , and so ludicrously expose
the frivolousness of modern visits . But the value of this publication he hath more particularly enhanced by his vindication of Dr . Johnson ; . ; by his . brilliant ( perhaps unrivalled ) testimony to the excellence of that great man . From such an interesting paper a quotation cannot but be acceptable . " That persons , " says he , " pf eminent talents and attainments in literature have been often complained of as—dogmatical ,
boisterous , and inattentive to the rules of good-breeding , is well known . But let us not expect every thing from every , man .. . There was no occasion that Johnson should teach us to dance , to make hows ,, or turn compliments . He could teach us better things . To reject wisdom because the person of him who communicates it is . uncouth , and his manners inelegant—whait is it but to throw away a pine-apple , and assign
for a reason the roughness of its coat ? Yv'ho quarrels with a botanist for not being an astronomer ; or with a moralist for not being a mathematician ? As it is said in concerns of a much higher nature , cverv man'hath his gift , one after this manner , and another after that . It is our business to profit by all , and to learn of each that in . which
each is best qualified to instruct us . " To these works must be added a small piece " On the Repeal of the Test Act , 1790 ; and his " Charge to the Clergy of his Diocese , 17 . 91 , " which his declining health prevented him from deliveririg ^ personally , but which he published , " that- so whenever he should be called hence , he mig ht leave some testimony of his regard for them , and attention to their concerns . " This was the good Bishop ' sfarewell to
, all his labours ; and they ' were closed with undiminished vigour of intellect . Here he maintains , what he had through life so ably maintained , the Doctrine of the Trinity in Unity , and refutes the error of those who , by the abuse of abstract reasoning , would subvert its -truth . Here also he pays equal attention to the dearest interests of society , and to man ' s eternal happiness : for this judicious " Charge" discusses the
great doctrines essential to ' Christianity ; . " the nature ' of God ; the nature of man ; the saving princip le of faith ; the importance and use of the Church ; the obedience due to Civil Government ; the necessity of a pure life and holy conversation . " - - - ..- -, A volume of his " single sermons" has lately been published . He ublished Stanhope ' s edition of Bishop Andrews ' s Devotions
rep , and is said to have intended publishing- an edition of 'IsaStcWaltonV Lives , had he not been prevented by Dr . Johnson's telling him , from mistake , that Lord Hailes had the same intention . ^ He married , in the year 17 68 , the daughter of Philip'Burton , of Hatton-street , Esq , by whom he hath left three , daughters . ; the eldest of whom is married to the Rev . Mr . Selby Hele , rector of Colmworth ,