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The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MARCH 1797 . BRIEF MEMOIRS
OF THE LATE WORTHY MAGISTRATE - SIR SAMPSON WRIGHT .
WITH A PORTRAIT .
IT top often happens , that the early part of the . life of those , VPIIQ in their public capacities have deserved well of their country , is involved in the most impenetrable obscurity . This , we believe , results from the vanity , or rather weakness , of . mankind , who ., when they are placed in more exalted situations , endeavour to throw a veil
over that part of their existence in which their station was more-humble : forgetful that their greatest honour consists , in . having , by their talents and exertion , ennobled themselves , in spite of the disadvantages of their birth and poverty of their condition . A very diligent enquiry has not enabled us to ascertain , with pre- , cisionthe period when Sir Sampson Wright entered on the stage of
, time ; and even the facts relative to the most early period of his being are equally obscure , The first situation in which we can discover , him is in the condition of shopman to a grocer , in which occupation he continued for some years ; and at length quitted it , on being appointed a clerk in the Bridge-Office , the duties of which -he discharged with great integrity ancl punctuality . About this time he got
acquainted with the late Sir John Fielding , through whose interest , after having passed through various stages of promotion in the Public ,, Office , Bow-Street , he was introduced to . the Bench about the year 1774 ; ' which post he continued , fulfilling his duties as an upri ght Magistrate , and an honest man , till his death . For some months previous to his death , this worthy man had been
afflicted with a spasmodic complaint , which , at intervals , was very severe . The disorder at length terminated in a rapid dropsy , which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Scientific Magazine, And Freemasons' Repository,
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR MARCH 1797 . BRIEF MEMOIRS
OF THE LATE WORTHY MAGISTRATE - SIR SAMPSON WRIGHT .
WITH A PORTRAIT .
IT top often happens , that the early part of the . life of those , VPIIQ in their public capacities have deserved well of their country , is involved in the most impenetrable obscurity . This , we believe , results from the vanity , or rather weakness , of . mankind , who ., when they are placed in more exalted situations , endeavour to throw a veil
over that part of their existence in which their station was more-humble : forgetful that their greatest honour consists , in . having , by their talents and exertion , ennobled themselves , in spite of the disadvantages of their birth and poverty of their condition . A very diligent enquiry has not enabled us to ascertain , with pre- , cisionthe period when Sir Sampson Wright entered on the stage of
, time ; and even the facts relative to the most early period of his being are equally obscure , The first situation in which we can discover , him is in the condition of shopman to a grocer , in which occupation he continued for some years ; and at length quitted it , on being appointed a clerk in the Bridge-Office , the duties of which -he discharged with great integrity ancl punctuality . About this time he got
acquainted with the late Sir John Fielding , through whose interest , after having passed through various stages of promotion in the Public ,, Office , Bow-Street , he was introduced to . the Bench about the year 1774 ; ' which post he continued , fulfilling his duties as an upri ght Magistrate , and an honest man , till his death . For some months previous to his death , this worthy man had been
afflicted with a spasmodic complaint , which , at intervals , was very severe . The disorder at length terminated in a rapid dropsy , which