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Anticipation.
ANTICIPATION .
The following Characters are delineated io the Life . Theytiiere drawn during the Contested Election for the County of Durham ¦ ,
A VISION . I DREAMED a few evenings ago , that I V . as walking amoiig the ruins of Durham Cathedral , in the year 2090 . I thought I read a number of epitaphs ; and , among others , the following struck me so forcibly , that I recollected them sufficiently well - to write them down after I woke . SOMNAMBt / LUS ,
L HERE are deposited , the remains of R B , Esq . M . Pi who served his country in seven successive parliaments , with the most active zeal
. , the most steady perseverance , and a fidelity perhaps unparalleled . His private character , in all those relations by whicli man is connected with society , was uncommonly amiable . Nor was his public character less distinguished
hy a manly independence of principle , and a steady uniformity of conduct , which bid defiance to censure . The public vvorks which he projected and carried on , for the embellishment and advantage of the county which he so long and ably represented ,
will never be forgotten . It is recorded of this most active of men , that in his first canvass for a seat in Parliament ,, in the year M , DCC , XC , he rode more miles on horseback than would equal tiie circumference of the earth :
nor were his future exertions much less extraordinary , I Reader ! be cautious ! for it is still believed by many , that if those magic words
, " a Dissolution of Parliament , " ' should be repeated too near to his grave , ; he would again start into existence , ' _ ¦ and recommence his canvass , 1
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anticipation.
ANTICIPATION .
The following Characters are delineated io the Life . Theytiiere drawn during the Contested Election for the County of Durham ¦ ,
A VISION . I DREAMED a few evenings ago , that I V . as walking amoiig the ruins of Durham Cathedral , in the year 2090 . I thought I read a number of epitaphs ; and , among others , the following struck me so forcibly , that I recollected them sufficiently well - to write them down after I woke . SOMNAMBt / LUS ,
L HERE are deposited , the remains of R B , Esq . M . Pi who served his country in seven successive parliaments , with the most active zeal
. , the most steady perseverance , and a fidelity perhaps unparalleled . His private character , in all those relations by whicli man is connected with society , was uncommonly amiable . Nor was his public character less distinguished
hy a manly independence of principle , and a steady uniformity of conduct , which bid defiance to censure . The public vvorks which he projected and carried on , for the embellishment and advantage of the county which he so long and ably represented ,
will never be forgotten . It is recorded of this most active of men , that in his first canvass for a seat in Parliament ,, in the year M , DCC , XC , he rode more miles on horseback than would equal tiie circumference of the earth :
nor were his future exertions much less extraordinary , I Reader ! be cautious ! for it is still believed by many , that if those magic words
, " a Dissolution of Parliament , " ' should be repeated too near to his grave , ; he would again start into existence , ' _ ¦ and recommence his canvass , 1
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