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Life Of The Right Reverend John Egerton, Late Lord Bishop Of Durham.
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON , LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM .
From the Third Volume of A HISTORY OF DURHAM , lately published by WILLIAM HUTCHING ox , Esq . of Barnard Castle , Author of the SPIRIT OF MASONRY , NEW HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND , CS ? C . ' & C .
J TfA-VING given a sketch of die public character and conduct of 7 X this excellent and much-beloved prelate , the author proceeds so say : It is not always that men distinguished in public appear to advantage in their private characters . We shall consider the life of our late prelate in both these views ; and each will throw a lustre upon the other . In the following sketchwe mean to delineate such select
, traits only as are not common to all other men , but were more peculiar in him . - His person ivas tali and well formed , it had both elegance ancl strength ; his countenance was ingenuous , animated , and engaging . By nature he was endowed with strong and lively parts , a good temper , and an active disposition . Descended from noble ancestors ,
and initiated , from his birth , in the most honourable connections , his manners and sentiments were cast , from an early age , in the happiest mould , and gave all the advantages of that ease and propriety of behaviour , which ivere so very observable even in the most indif- - ferent actions of his life . In his address there was a peculiar mixture of dignity ancl affability , by which he had the remarkable art , both of encouraging those who
were diffident , and checking those who were presumptuous . The vivacity of his spirits and conversation , ancl the peculiar propriety of his manners , made him universally admired and caressed . . His memory was accurate and extensive . In describing the cha- * racters , and in relating the anecdotes and transactions with which he had been acquaintedhe took particular deliht ; and thiswhen
, g , his health permitted , he did with much spirit ; and often with the utmost pleasantry and humour , but scrupulously taking care that the desire of ornamenting any narrative should never , in the smallest degree , induce him to depart from the truth of it . With so rare ancl happy a talent for description , with a mind stored with' much information , and a memory very retentive , he was one of the most
instructive and entertaining of companions ; his conversation was enriched with pertinent and useful observations , and enlivened by genuine wit , and humorous anecdote . He had a very peculiar art of extricating himself , with much immediate address , from those little embarrassments which perplex and confound many , and which often occur in society from the awkwardness of others , or from a concurrence of singular and unexpected
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Life Of The Right Reverend John Egerton, Late Lord Bishop Of Durham.
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON , LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM .
From the Third Volume of A HISTORY OF DURHAM , lately published by WILLIAM HUTCHING ox , Esq . of Barnard Castle , Author of the SPIRIT OF MASONRY , NEW HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND , CS ? C . ' & C .
J TfA-VING given a sketch of die public character and conduct of 7 X this excellent and much-beloved prelate , the author proceeds so say : It is not always that men distinguished in public appear to advantage in their private characters . We shall consider the life of our late prelate in both these views ; and each will throw a lustre upon the other . In the following sketchwe mean to delineate such select
, traits only as are not common to all other men , but were more peculiar in him . - His person ivas tali and well formed , it had both elegance ancl strength ; his countenance was ingenuous , animated , and engaging . By nature he was endowed with strong and lively parts , a good temper , and an active disposition . Descended from noble ancestors ,
and initiated , from his birth , in the most honourable connections , his manners and sentiments were cast , from an early age , in the happiest mould , and gave all the advantages of that ease and propriety of behaviour , which ivere so very observable even in the most indif- - ferent actions of his life . In his address there was a peculiar mixture of dignity ancl affability , by which he had the remarkable art , both of encouraging those who
were diffident , and checking those who were presumptuous . The vivacity of his spirits and conversation , ancl the peculiar propriety of his manners , made him universally admired and caressed . . His memory was accurate and extensive . In describing the cha- * racters , and in relating the anecdotes and transactions with which he had been acquaintedhe took particular deliht ; and thiswhen
, g , his health permitted , he did with much spirit ; and often with the utmost pleasantry and humour , but scrupulously taking care that the desire of ornamenting any narrative should never , in the smallest degree , induce him to depart from the truth of it . With so rare ancl happy a talent for description , with a mind stored with' much information , and a memory very retentive , he was one of the most
instructive and entertaining of companions ; his conversation was enriched with pertinent and useful observations , and enlivened by genuine wit , and humorous anecdote . He had a very peculiar art of extricating himself , with much immediate address , from those little embarrassments which perplex and confound many , and which often occur in society from the awkwardness of others , or from a concurrence of singular and unexpected