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Article BRIEF MEMOIRS OF TLIE HONOURABLE JOHN FORBES, ← Page 3 of 3 Article A CHARACTER . Page 1 of 1
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Brief Memoirs Of Tlie Honourable John Forbes,
a reward for his services ; that he thanked God he had never been a burthen to his country , which he had served during a lono- life to the best of his ability ; and that he would not condefc ejid to accelt oi a pension , or bargain for a peerage . He concluded by layino- his Generalship of the Marines , together with his rank in the na-y at the King s feet , entreating him to take both away if they could forward his serviceand at the time
; same assuring his Majesty , he would never prove : himself unworth y of the former honours he had received by ending the remnant of a long life as a pensioner , or accepting of a peerage obtained by political arra . ngement . _ His gracious Malter applauded his manly spirit , ever after continued him in his hicrii military honours , and , to the day of his death , condescended to shew him c ' Li' marks of his rd
ong rega . Such are the outlines of the public character of Admiral Forbes Infirmity deprived him of exerting his great talents in his latter days publicly for the service of his country ; but all who had the happiness of his acquaintance will agree , that in private life he continued to us last breath an example of the brightest virtues which can adorn the human character . "
A Character .
A CHARACTER .
CT ^ RL J n efel " S P ° liteness t 0 Principle , and , in order , t 0 be , a 11 th' » gs t 0 a » men , , is in . himself little better than a nonentity . According to the company he keeps is Charles ' s party in ieh gion or politics With a dignified ecclesiastic he is a strong advocate for the hierarchy , but freel y owns in a tete-a-tete with a Quaker tnat x nests are a set of le is
very unnecessary peop .- He every man ' s . mend , and every woman ' s lover ; yet , as a numerous acquaintance would only load Ins memory , he never thinks of the absent Charles Avears his c othes precisel y in the fashion , however disagreeable thev may be to his taste , or however unbecoming they may be to his ner-T ' - ^ -FeS t 0 / he ° P ' tIl 0 U 8 ' can hardly distinguish the musical difference between the finest airs of Banti and « Round about the - With t he
Maypo e grearegularity . goes to Bath in the seav . on to drink the waters , without previously saying to himself " Whv do I drink them ? " The only man in the world for a party of pl £ sure ; ror he always appears pleased . He is certainl y a very harmless character ; but poor Charles , with all his politenesses general ^ renounced to be , even by those to whom he is most studious toScommend himself contemptible character
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Brief Memoirs Of Tlie Honourable John Forbes,
a reward for his services ; that he thanked God he had never been a burthen to his country , which he had served during a lono- life to the best of his ability ; and that he would not condefc ejid to accelt oi a pension , or bargain for a peerage . He concluded by layino- his Generalship of the Marines , together with his rank in the na-y at the King s feet , entreating him to take both away if they could forward his serviceand at the time
; same assuring his Majesty , he would never prove : himself unworth y of the former honours he had received by ending the remnant of a long life as a pensioner , or accepting of a peerage obtained by political arra . ngement . _ His gracious Malter applauded his manly spirit , ever after continued him in his hicrii military honours , and , to the day of his death , condescended to shew him c ' Li' marks of his rd
ong rega . Such are the outlines of the public character of Admiral Forbes Infirmity deprived him of exerting his great talents in his latter days publicly for the service of his country ; but all who had the happiness of his acquaintance will agree , that in private life he continued to us last breath an example of the brightest virtues which can adorn the human character . "
A Character .
A CHARACTER .
CT ^ RL J n efel " S P ° liteness t 0 Principle , and , in order , t 0 be , a 11 th' » gs t 0 a » men , , is in . himself little better than a nonentity . According to the company he keeps is Charles ' s party in ieh gion or politics With a dignified ecclesiastic he is a strong advocate for the hierarchy , but freel y owns in a tete-a-tete with a Quaker tnat x nests are a set of le is
very unnecessary peop .- He every man ' s . mend , and every woman ' s lover ; yet , as a numerous acquaintance would only load Ins memory , he never thinks of the absent Charles Avears his c othes precisel y in the fashion , however disagreeable thev may be to his taste , or however unbecoming they may be to his ner-T ' - ^ -FeS t 0 / he ° P ' tIl 0 U 8 ' can hardly distinguish the musical difference between the finest airs of Banti and « Round about the - With t he
Maypo e grearegularity . goes to Bath in the seav . on to drink the waters , without previously saying to himself " Whv do I drink them ? " The only man in the world for a party of pl £ sure ; ror he always appears pleased . He is certainl y a very harmless character ; but poor Charles , with all his politenesses general ^ renounced to be , even by those to whom he is most studious toScommend himself contemptible character
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