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Life Of The Right Reverend John Egerton, Late Lord Bishop Of Durham.
circumstances . When pressedby improper questions * , instead of being offended with them himself , or giving offence by his replies , he had a talent of returning veiy read y and very dextrous answers . In every sort of emergency , as well in personal danger as in difficulties of an inferior nature , he shewed an uncommon presence of mind . He possessed a great reach of understandingand was
sin-, gularly gifted with a quick and ready judgment , deciding rightly upon the instant wheti it was necessary . No man was better qualified , or at the same time more averse to give his opinion ; which upon many occasions he found a difficulty in avoiding , its value being so well known that it was often solicited b y his friends ; and , when he was prevailed uponhe delivered it rather with the humility
, of one who asked , than with the authority of one who gave advice . In forming his friendships , he was as cautious as he was steady and uniform in adhering to them . He was extremely partial to the friendships of his youth , and made a particular point of being useful to those with whom he had been thus early connected .
It is remarkable that there did not , upon any occasion , exist in his mind the least desire of revenge . Men who are open and entire in their friendships , are commonly so in their enmities ; with him it was otherwise ; for , though not without a sense of injuries , he was at ajj times forgiving . Happy in this disposition , his resentments of course were short , and his friendships lasting . In all the domestic relations of life he was exemplary—as a husband
, a master , and a parent . Instead of holding over his children an authority founded upon interest , during his life he put them into possession of a great part of such fortunes as they would have inherited from him upon his death ; willing to have their obedience proceed , not merely from a sense of duty , but from gratitude , and from pure disinterested affection .
Of civil , political , and reli gious , liberty , he had formed just notions , and was firmly attached to the constitution in church and state . He had an extensive knowledge both of men and things , of which he studiously avoided any display . It may be said with the utmost truth that , in every action of his life , however deserving of praise , he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Life Of The Right Reverend John Egerton, Late Lord Bishop Of Durham.
circumstances . When pressedby improper questions * , instead of being offended with them himself , or giving offence by his replies , he had a talent of returning veiy read y and very dextrous answers . In every sort of emergency , as well in personal danger as in difficulties of an inferior nature , he shewed an uncommon presence of mind . He possessed a great reach of understandingand was
sin-, gularly gifted with a quick and ready judgment , deciding rightly upon the instant wheti it was necessary . No man was better qualified , or at the same time more averse to give his opinion ; which upon many occasions he found a difficulty in avoiding , its value being so well known that it was often solicited b y his friends ; and , when he was prevailed uponhe delivered it rather with the humility
, of one who asked , than with the authority of one who gave advice . In forming his friendships , he was as cautious as he was steady and uniform in adhering to them . He was extremely partial to the friendships of his youth , and made a particular point of being useful to those with whom he had been thus early connected .
It is remarkable that there did not , upon any occasion , exist in his mind the least desire of revenge . Men who are open and entire in their friendships , are commonly so in their enmities ; with him it was otherwise ; for , though not without a sense of injuries , he was at ajj times forgiving . Happy in this disposition , his resentments of course were short , and his friendships lasting . In all the domestic relations of life he was exemplary—as a husband
, a master , and a parent . Instead of holding over his children an authority founded upon interest , during his life he put them into possession of a great part of such fortunes as they would have inherited from him upon his death ; willing to have their obedience proceed , not merely from a sense of duty , but from gratitude , and from pure disinterested affection .
Of civil , political , and reli gious , liberty , he had formed just notions , and was firmly attached to the constitution in church and state . He had an extensive knowledge both of men and things , of which he studiously avoided any display . It may be said with the utmost truth that , in every action of his life , however deserving of praise , he