. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. d of December of the same yeai- his healthbegan to give way, and after the recess, he was insuch a state of weakness as to be unable for sometime to resume his official duties. His ill healthhaving assumed an alanning aspect, he was ad-vised by his physicians to proceed to London, ashe had, upon a former occasion, derived greatbenefit from a sea voyage. Accompanied, by histwo sisters he hastened to the metropolis, with theintention of going to a milder climate as soon ast
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. d of December of the same yeai- his healthbegan to give way, and after the recess, he was insuch a state of weakness as to be unable for sometime to resume his official duties. His ill healthhaving assumed an alanning aspect, he was ad-vised by his physicians to proceed to London, ashe had, upon a former occasion, derived greatbenefit from a sea voyage. Accompanied, by histwo sisters he hastened to the metropolis, with theintention of going to a milder climate as soon asthe season allowed, and took lodgings at Bromp-ton, where he died, April 2, 1820. His remainswere put into a leaden coffin, and removed toKirkmabreck, where they were laid, according tohis owii request, beside those of his parents; hismother, whom he tenderly loved, having died Brown wJis rather above the middle height BROWN, 397 Wn,LIAM (.J> A iiortrait of liiiu bj Watson, taken in 1806, issaid faillitiilh to pnserve liis likeness. The fol-lowing woodcut of it is fiom tlio engraving by ;^:^»-«.T-T-t<-/ y^ He was dislinguislied for his gentleness, kindness,and delicacy of mind, united with gieat indepen-dence of spirit, a tiuly British love of liberty, and anardent desire for the diffusion of knowledge, virtue,and happiness among mankind. All his habitswere simple, temperate, studious, and a philosopher, he was remarkable for his powerof analysing, and for that comprehensive energy,which, to use his own words, sees, througli a longtrain of thought, a distant conclusion, and separat-ing, at every stage, the essential from the accessorycircumstances, and gathering and combining ana-logies as it proceeds, arrives at length at a systemof hai-monious truth. As a poet, Dr. Brownexhibited much taste and gracefuluess, but hispoetry is not of a character ever to become lectures, which were published after his death,in four vo
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