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Invasion.
country pf Ireland is naturally stronger , and fuller of tenable places than England , by means of its numerous lakes , bogs , & c . It has also muchness stores of provisions for an enemy to subsist upon;—and those it has can njuch easier be moved out of his reach . Add to all this , ' that the bulk of the inhabitants , I jnean the Roman Catholics , are not yet tainted Avith the madnses of Republicanism , aud we have had fhe experience of near 100 years , that they will behave well .
A Table of the Distances between Sca- > Pprts in France , and Sea-Ports in Ireland and Great-Britain . Leagues . Leagues . prom Brest to Galway - - - 1 S 0 Frpui Dieppe to Brighton - - - 7 . 6 Cprk - 100 ' Wirigs 22
- - K ; - Plymouth - - - ¦ - 60 Calais % o Dover - - - - 7 Tofhay - , - ' - 70 Dunkirk to Ramsgate - - 15-Portsmouth . - - 100 JVla ' -gate - ' - 17 The Downs - - 132 Npre - . - 2 $ Cherboiirgh to Pprtsmouth - 3 . 6 '
Anecdotes Of James Northcote, Esq.
ANECDOTES OF JAMES NORTHCOTE , ESQ .
THOUGH . it is the immediate province of this Work to devote it ^ principal attention to MASONRY , yet as the MASONIC ORp E R was instituted on principles of the purest PHILANTHROPY , Ave do not think Ave depart from our p lan in . noticing such characters as b y their talents may adorn societyand by their virtues dignify mankind .
, 1 'hc subject of our present observation , though not . MASON strictly in form ,, is so in effect , being a man distinguished by private Avorth " , as well as by superior genius . ; who-has never debased that genius b y unworthy direction of it , but uniformly employed it in supporting the interests , of morality , and by the tendency of his works , in exercising , tlic-se affections Avhich do honour to our , nature ,
. ' Mr . NosTHCpTE AA'as born at Plymouth , in Devonshire , in the year 174 6 . He remained at the place of his birth till he reached the age of twenty-five , having , as Ave have been informed , never venture ^ farther than twenty miles from his native town during the whole of that time . His education was by no means neglected , but on the , contrary was cultivated with ajl due careas he gave cayly tokens of an acute
, and enquiring mind . In the year 1771 he came to London , and there hegan to study the art of painting , for which he had long manifested a zealous attachment . With equal prudence and good fortune , he put himself under that great master of the . art , Sir J OSHUA REYNOLDS 5 and it may be inferred , that Mr . Nordicov ; displayed , the mqst pi'omiU
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Invasion.
country pf Ireland is naturally stronger , and fuller of tenable places than England , by means of its numerous lakes , bogs , & c . It has also muchness stores of provisions for an enemy to subsist upon;—and those it has can njuch easier be moved out of his reach . Add to all this , ' that the bulk of the inhabitants , I jnean the Roman Catholics , are not yet tainted Avith the madnses of Republicanism , aud we have had fhe experience of near 100 years , that they will behave well .
A Table of the Distances between Sca- > Pprts in France , and Sea-Ports in Ireland and Great-Britain . Leagues . Leagues . prom Brest to Galway - - - 1 S 0 Frpui Dieppe to Brighton - - - 7 . 6 Cprk - 100 ' Wirigs 22
- - K ; - Plymouth - - - ¦ - 60 Calais % o Dover - - - - 7 Tofhay - , - ' - 70 Dunkirk to Ramsgate - - 15-Portsmouth . - - 100 JVla ' -gate - ' - 17 The Downs - - 132 Npre - . - 2 $ Cherboiirgh to Pprtsmouth - 3 . 6 '
Anecdotes Of James Northcote, Esq.
ANECDOTES OF JAMES NORTHCOTE , ESQ .
THOUGH . it is the immediate province of this Work to devote it ^ principal attention to MASONRY , yet as the MASONIC ORp E R was instituted on principles of the purest PHILANTHROPY , Ave do not think Ave depart from our p lan in . noticing such characters as b y their talents may adorn societyand by their virtues dignify mankind .
, 1 'hc subject of our present observation , though not . MASON strictly in form ,, is so in effect , being a man distinguished by private Avorth " , as well as by superior genius . ; who-has never debased that genius b y unworthy direction of it , but uniformly employed it in supporting the interests , of morality , and by the tendency of his works , in exercising , tlic-se affections Avhich do honour to our , nature ,
. ' Mr . NosTHCpTE AA'as born at Plymouth , in Devonshire , in the year 174 6 . He remained at the place of his birth till he reached the age of twenty-five , having , as Ave have been informed , never venture ^ farther than twenty miles from his native town during the whole of that time . His education was by no means neglected , but on the , contrary was cultivated with ajl due careas he gave cayly tokens of an acute
, and enquiring mind . In the year 1771 he came to London , and there hegan to study the art of painting , for which he had long manifested a zealous attachment . With equal prudence and good fortune , he put himself under that great master of the . art , Sir J OSHUA REYNOLDS 5 and it may be inferred , that Mr . Nordicov ; displayed , the mqst pi'omiU