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Article FURTHER MEMOIR OF JOHN WILKES. ← Page 7 of 7 Article ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR, SULTAN SELIM III. Page 1 of 2 →
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Further Memoir Of John Wilkes.
1 . John Wilkes , in his nature a kind of Petronius Arbiter , and the associate of men rather remarkable for the profligate gaiety ' of their lives , and the libertinism of their opinions , than for the decorum of their manners , and the piety of their tenets , became an Alderman , and in clue succession , Lord Mayor of London . - 2 . After having exhausted his fortune by a life of dissi pation , and . preserved onlb and '
y y party privilege from a prison ; nay , at amoment when he was oppressed by debts , Mr . Wilkes was eleited by the citizensof London as a proper person to have the care and controul of their large revenues , and to superintend , in a magisterial capacity , the moral conduft of the rising youth , that is , the apprentices of the Metropolis . ¦ 3 . After having in conjunction with . his friend , the Rev . Mr . Home , made Lord- Mansfield the -favourite objeft of their combined invectives , Mr . Wilkes was seen on the same bench .- in familiar ™ . i
pleasant communication with that learned Lord , at the very ' moment when Mr . Home was taking his trial before him for a libel . . 4 . The Rev . Mr .-Home , having become a layman , with the nan-e and title of John Home Tooke , Esq . ; and appearing as a candidate to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament , Mr . Wilkes appeared at the Hustings in Covent-Garden , on the occasion , and gave him his vote 6
. And lastly—Mr . Wilkes , the greatest part of whose life , to the age of fifty , had been a blended scene of sensual dissipation and political turbulence , has passed the succeeding twenty years as an aftive Alderman and faithful Chamberlain of London , rose from penury to affluenceenjoyed every tranquil comfort of declining lifeand
, , having attained the age of threescore years and ten , beyond which , according to the wise man , all is labour and sorrow , he escaped from any portion of them , by sinking , without pain or decrepitude , into the calm embraces of death . Placidaque ibi demum niorte gu ' wuit .
Such is our brief history of the late John Wilkes . It offers another example to enforce the nil admirari of Horace ; and adds another motive to Reconcile ii . s to the mysteries of life . " ' '
Account Of The Grand Seignor, Sultan Selim Iii.
ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR , SULTAN SELIM III .
[ fl-0-. t CALLAWAY ' S ACCOUNT OF CONSTANTI . VOPLE . J CULTAN Selim III . is theeldest male descendant of the house of * T tT' , ff . 99 established the fifth dynasty of the Khalifes . At the death of his-father , " Mustafa III . in 1775 , he waS" fourteen XlfjVi . Xr X n 8 t 0 the known precedent amongst the Turks , AbduWiamid , his uncle ' , succeeded to the throne ; for they disdain to be governed either b y a woman or a boy . At his accession ; Abdulhaimd had reached the " age of forty-nine , and during the fifteen years
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Further Memoir Of John Wilkes.
1 . John Wilkes , in his nature a kind of Petronius Arbiter , and the associate of men rather remarkable for the profligate gaiety ' of their lives , and the libertinism of their opinions , than for the decorum of their manners , and the piety of their tenets , became an Alderman , and in clue succession , Lord Mayor of London . - 2 . After having exhausted his fortune by a life of dissi pation , and . preserved onlb and '
y y party privilege from a prison ; nay , at amoment when he was oppressed by debts , Mr . Wilkes was eleited by the citizensof London as a proper person to have the care and controul of their large revenues , and to superintend , in a magisterial capacity , the moral conduft of the rising youth , that is , the apprentices of the Metropolis . ¦ 3 . After having in conjunction with . his friend , the Rev . Mr . Home , made Lord- Mansfield the -favourite objeft of their combined invectives , Mr . Wilkes was seen on the same bench .- in familiar ™ . i
pleasant communication with that learned Lord , at the very ' moment when Mr . Home was taking his trial before him for a libel . . 4 . The Rev . Mr .-Home , having become a layman , with the nan-e and title of John Home Tooke , Esq . ; and appearing as a candidate to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament , Mr . Wilkes appeared at the Hustings in Covent-Garden , on the occasion , and gave him his vote 6
. And lastly—Mr . Wilkes , the greatest part of whose life , to the age of fifty , had been a blended scene of sensual dissipation and political turbulence , has passed the succeeding twenty years as an aftive Alderman and faithful Chamberlain of London , rose from penury to affluenceenjoyed every tranquil comfort of declining lifeand
, , having attained the age of threescore years and ten , beyond which , according to the wise man , all is labour and sorrow , he escaped from any portion of them , by sinking , without pain or decrepitude , into the calm embraces of death . Placidaque ibi demum niorte gu ' wuit .
Such is our brief history of the late John Wilkes . It offers another example to enforce the nil admirari of Horace ; and adds another motive to Reconcile ii . s to the mysteries of life . " ' '
Account Of The Grand Seignor, Sultan Selim Iii.
ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR , SULTAN SELIM III .
[ fl-0-. t CALLAWAY ' S ACCOUNT OF CONSTANTI . VOPLE . J CULTAN Selim III . is theeldest male descendant of the house of * T tT' , ff . 99 established the fifth dynasty of the Khalifes . At the death of his-father , " Mustafa III . in 1775 , he waS" fourteen XlfjVi . Xr X n 8 t 0 the known precedent amongst the Turks , AbduWiamid , his uncle ' , succeeded to the throne ; for they disdain to be governed either b y a woman or a boy . At his accession ; Abdulhaimd had reached the " age of forty-nine , and during the fifteen years