. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order. id particular attention to Mr. Spences ele-gant and judicious Essay on Popes also began to learn the Hebrew language,in 1734, without a teacher; but, owing to thewant of proper books, he fur a time relinquishedthat study in despair, though he is said after-wards to have become a tolerable proficient init. He was admitted to degree of probably at the statutable period; andhaving afterwards ent
. General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order. id particular attention to Mr. Spences ele-gant and judicious Essay on Popes also began to learn the Hebrew language,in 1734, without a teacher; but, owing to thewant of proper books, he fur a time relinquishedthat study in despair, though he is said after-wards to have become a tolerable proficient init. He was admitted to degree of probably at the statutable period; andhaving afterwards entered into holy orders,retired to a curacy at Dumner in Hampshire,in the year 1736. In 17^8 he quitted Dumner,to reside at Stoke-abbey in Devonshire, thescat of Paul Orchard, esquire, where he livedupwards of two years in great esteem andfriendship with that gentleman. In 1740 heundertook the curacy of Bidileford, in the samecounty, where he was greatly beloved by thepeople, who formed a large congregation,though his stipend was small; his friends,tlurefore, made a yearly collection for him, bywhieii means his income was raised to sixtypounds per anaum. When he had supplied. m*^-^ 4, i JAM¥.^y^
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