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Obituary.
never went to bed sober . He served as a private in the royal army in the year 1715 , and at the age of 73 , with only five shillings in his pocket , walked from Newcastle to London , and back again , in the short space of eleven days , one of which he spent in the metropolis . The appellation ofDoctorwas conferred
. upon him , from the circumstance of his vending nostrums and quack medicines of his own preparing On the 13 th of February , in the 73 d year of his age , the Rev . William Holwell , B . D . Prebendary of Exeter , Vicar of Thornbury , and formerly Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty :
an able and firm supporter of the Christian faith ; he was the open enemy of bigotry and prejudice : the intricate discussions of bewildering controversy he relinquished for the simple lessons of piety and truth . In the civil department of a Magistrate , which he exercised upwards of 30 yearshis conduct
, was truly independent , temperate , and firm . I ^ et not his superior attainments and taste in polite literature and solid erudition be consigned to oblivion ; from candour they demand no ordinary praise . In a critical and intimate knowledge of the Greek language he yielded the palm to few . His ( ine edition of
Aristotle's Rhetoric , published at Oxford , though it modestly withholds his name , is a sufficient specimen of his talents as 0 scholar . Severely , cruelly disappointed in a former period of Ins life , he probably enjoyed more real happiness in the shade of retirement , than he would have done if favoured by the smiles of fortune .
' Si quis piorum manibus locus , si ut sapientibus placet , non cum corpore extinguunter magna : anuria : ; placide quiescas , uo ' sque domuin tuam Lib infirmo desiderio , & mulieribus laments ad contemplalioiiem virtulum tuarum voces , quas neque lugeri neque piangi fas est . '
At Exeter , Rear Admiral Truscot . ) S . At his house in Argyll- Street , at a very advanced age , General Maclean . Me was a younger son of a very amient and respectable family in North Britain , and , according to the custom of that country , was destined to acquire honour in the tented field . He
accordingly entered early in life into the service of the States-General of the United Provinces , then considered as VOL . X . B B
the best school of the military art for the natives of this island ; and by intense application soon acquired such a knowledge of his profession as might have justified him in looking up to ihe highest honour and preferment that a grateful prince could bestow : but the love of his native country was his ruling
passion ; all his acquirements were considered as useful only so far as they might advance her glory and interest . The first moment that his country seemed to require the exertion of his zeal and talents , he quilted the service of a Prince , who regretted his loss , to devote himself to that of his own
sovereign : and at that period—when under the auspices of the immortal Chatham , England obtained laurels which can never fade ; and whose remembrance yet swells with a noble pride the warlike bosoms of her intrepid sons— -the General raised a regt . of those brave men whom Chatham
boasted lie had sought and found in th . ; bleak mountains of the North . It is needless to add , that the talents and abilitiesof the commanding officer were conspicuous in the discipline , order , and fine appearance of the corps .
At the beginning of ( he American war , his active zeal and enterprizing spirit immediatel y drew him from repose , and prompted him to propose 10 collect those brave Highlanders ' scattered over America , who had fought and conquered under Wolfe , Murray , and 'Townshend , names for ever dear to
their country . As the Americans then kept the most watchful eye over every stranger , this was an arduous and dangerous enterprize , which would have appalled a less determined mind . With that courage , address , and perseverance , with which nature had endowed him , he surmounted every danger and
difficulty , and raised two battalions of brai-e and experienced soldiers , who rendered the most signal service to their country . When Arnold ancl Montgomery led the Americans into Canada , and boasted that they would take Quebec , it had the good fortune to have the General
within its walls . Defended by men of opposite characters and tempers , by his popularity , his unremitted activity , by exertions that seemed too great for the most robust constitution to support , the General knew how to unite and consolidate his seemingly inchorent and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
never went to bed sober . He served as a private in the royal army in the year 1715 , and at the age of 73 , with only five shillings in his pocket , walked from Newcastle to London , and back again , in the short space of eleven days , one of which he spent in the metropolis . The appellation ofDoctorwas conferred
. upon him , from the circumstance of his vending nostrums and quack medicines of his own preparing On the 13 th of February , in the 73 d year of his age , the Rev . William Holwell , B . D . Prebendary of Exeter , Vicar of Thornbury , and formerly Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty :
an able and firm supporter of the Christian faith ; he was the open enemy of bigotry and prejudice : the intricate discussions of bewildering controversy he relinquished for the simple lessons of piety and truth . In the civil department of a Magistrate , which he exercised upwards of 30 yearshis conduct
, was truly independent , temperate , and firm . I ^ et not his superior attainments and taste in polite literature and solid erudition be consigned to oblivion ; from candour they demand no ordinary praise . In a critical and intimate knowledge of the Greek language he yielded the palm to few . His ( ine edition of
Aristotle's Rhetoric , published at Oxford , though it modestly withholds his name , is a sufficient specimen of his talents as 0 scholar . Severely , cruelly disappointed in a former period of Ins life , he probably enjoyed more real happiness in the shade of retirement , than he would have done if favoured by the smiles of fortune .
' Si quis piorum manibus locus , si ut sapientibus placet , non cum corpore extinguunter magna : anuria : ; placide quiescas , uo ' sque domuin tuam Lib infirmo desiderio , & mulieribus laments ad contemplalioiiem virtulum tuarum voces , quas neque lugeri neque piangi fas est . '
At Exeter , Rear Admiral Truscot . ) S . At his house in Argyll- Street , at a very advanced age , General Maclean . Me was a younger son of a very amient and respectable family in North Britain , and , according to the custom of that country , was destined to acquire honour in the tented field . He
accordingly entered early in life into the service of the States-General of the United Provinces , then considered as VOL . X . B B
the best school of the military art for the natives of this island ; and by intense application soon acquired such a knowledge of his profession as might have justified him in looking up to ihe highest honour and preferment that a grateful prince could bestow : but the love of his native country was his ruling
passion ; all his acquirements were considered as useful only so far as they might advance her glory and interest . The first moment that his country seemed to require the exertion of his zeal and talents , he quilted the service of a Prince , who regretted his loss , to devote himself to that of his own
sovereign : and at that period—when under the auspices of the immortal Chatham , England obtained laurels which can never fade ; and whose remembrance yet swells with a noble pride the warlike bosoms of her intrepid sons— -the General raised a regt . of those brave men whom Chatham
boasted lie had sought and found in th . ; bleak mountains of the North . It is needless to add , that the talents and abilitiesof the commanding officer were conspicuous in the discipline , order , and fine appearance of the corps .
At the beginning of ( he American war , his active zeal and enterprizing spirit immediatel y drew him from repose , and prompted him to propose 10 collect those brave Highlanders ' scattered over America , who had fought and conquered under Wolfe , Murray , and 'Townshend , names for ever dear to
their country . As the Americans then kept the most watchful eye over every stranger , this was an arduous and dangerous enterprize , which would have appalled a less determined mind . With that courage , address , and perseverance , with which nature had endowed him , he surmounted every danger and
difficulty , and raised two battalions of brai-e and experienced soldiers , who rendered the most signal service to their country . When Arnold ancl Montgomery led the Americans into Canada , and boasted that they would take Quebec , it had the good fortune to have the General
within its walls . Defended by men of opposite characters and tempers , by his popularity , his unremitted activity , by exertions that seemed too great for the most robust constitution to support , the General knew how to unite and consolidate his seemingly inchorent and