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On Parental Partialities.
while a neglected member of it , that might have been easily sustained , is languishing and dwindling in obscurity . It is strange that the ill consequences of such a conduct should be manifest to every bod } - but the person who is most concerned in preventing them . The jealousies that , prevail in his , funny at present , and the . future dissensions that must inevitably proceed from
them , are circumstances that might reasonably alarm a Father : but the Father himself , whose itidiscretion occasions all the xsvischief , is the very person who will never apprehend it . Blest with the means of providing for his whole family , he chooses to leave one part of it in . the hazardous state of dependence upon the other , and-to trust , that when he is dead , his heir will execute what it is in his own power
to execute while he lives . ¦ There is little reason to hope that this complaint will . ever-reach ihe mark I aim at ; but , as many more Fathers than mine are equally debauched by pride and partiality , there can be no harm in . laying down two maxims for their contemplation : FirstThat the Head of familhas to exalt him
, a y no great cause - self , while all the world is trampling upon the Tail of it . . ¦ And secondly , That though a Father of many children should be allowed to choose a Favourite from among them , yet if he is able to provide for them all , they have all a right to be provided for . - ; I am , Sir , & c . P .
Account Of Dr. Dee, The Astrologer.
ACCOUNT OF DR . DEE , THE ASTROLOGER .
From Lysons ' s Environs of London .
DR . Dee was the son of Rowland Dee , Gentleman Sewer . to Henry VIII . and grandson of Bedo Dee , Standard-bearer to Lord de Ferrars at the battle of Tournay ; if any credit is to be given to his pedigree in the British Museum , drawn up by himself , he was descended in a direct line from Tudor the Great . His father was imprisoned in the Towei-in the year 1553 His motherJohanna Dee
. , , lived at Mortlake , as early as the year 1568 . The greater part of the following account , except where other authorities are quoted , is taken from the MS . narrative of his life , which he read to the commissioners at his house at Mortlake . John Dee was born in London A . D . 1 ^ 37 . At the age of 1 j , he went to the University of Cambridgewhere he applied himself to
, his studies with such diligence that he allowed only four hours for sleep , and two for his meals and recreation . In I $ . \ . he went abroad to converse with learned men , particularly mathematicians ; and on his return the ensuing year was elected fellow of Trinity Col-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Parental Partialities.
while a neglected member of it , that might have been easily sustained , is languishing and dwindling in obscurity . It is strange that the ill consequences of such a conduct should be manifest to every bod } - but the person who is most concerned in preventing them . The jealousies that , prevail in his , funny at present , and the . future dissensions that must inevitably proceed from
them , are circumstances that might reasonably alarm a Father : but the Father himself , whose itidiscretion occasions all the xsvischief , is the very person who will never apprehend it . Blest with the means of providing for his whole family , he chooses to leave one part of it in . the hazardous state of dependence upon the other , and-to trust , that when he is dead , his heir will execute what it is in his own power
to execute while he lives . ¦ There is little reason to hope that this complaint will . ever-reach ihe mark I aim at ; but , as many more Fathers than mine are equally debauched by pride and partiality , there can be no harm in . laying down two maxims for their contemplation : FirstThat the Head of familhas to exalt him
, a y no great cause - self , while all the world is trampling upon the Tail of it . . ¦ And secondly , That though a Father of many children should be allowed to choose a Favourite from among them , yet if he is able to provide for them all , they have all a right to be provided for . - ; I am , Sir , & c . P .
Account Of Dr. Dee, The Astrologer.
ACCOUNT OF DR . DEE , THE ASTROLOGER .
From Lysons ' s Environs of London .
DR . Dee was the son of Rowland Dee , Gentleman Sewer . to Henry VIII . and grandson of Bedo Dee , Standard-bearer to Lord de Ferrars at the battle of Tournay ; if any credit is to be given to his pedigree in the British Museum , drawn up by himself , he was descended in a direct line from Tudor the Great . His father was imprisoned in the Towei-in the year 1553 His motherJohanna Dee
. , , lived at Mortlake , as early as the year 1568 . The greater part of the following account , except where other authorities are quoted , is taken from the MS . narrative of his life , which he read to the commissioners at his house at Mortlake . John Dee was born in London A . D . 1 ^ 37 . At the age of 1 j , he went to the University of Cambridgewhere he applied himself to
, his studies with such diligence that he allowed only four hours for sleep , and two for his meals and recreation . In I $ . \ . he went abroad to converse with learned men , particularly mathematicians ; and on his return the ensuing year was elected fellow of Trinity Col-