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Anticipation.
II . HERE lies al ) that was mortal of II M- , Esq . M . V . whose virtues so much endeared'hini to the freeholders of his native county
, that he was repeatedly chosen ( more than once almost unanimously ) to represent them in Parliament . His disposition was mild , affable , and engaging , and the suavity of his manners rendered him universally beloved .
His friendships were warm and sincere ; . his hospitality was extensive ; his charity was unbounded . The family from which he was descended was uncommonly respectable ; for he was nearly related . to that spirited son of Britannia , who first rendered the name of his country formidable to the tyrant of Morocco .
III . _ THIS marble indicates the place where rest the remains of Sir J E ¦ -, Baronet . He represented the county of Durham in three successive Parliaments .
' . The only reason to be assigned -: why he was not a fourth time returned , ¦ was , because the Electors could not be permitted to give their suffrages to THREE . The wise dispensations of Providence produce good from seeming evil ;
for this respectable man , ¦ 'thwarted in a lhi * of ambition for which be was unfit by nature , Utrn'd the whole ofhis attention ¦ to a different object . Pie spent the remainder "
of a long and happy life in that way in which it was most in his power co be of service' to his country , as a County Magistrate : . !¦ a character which , well supported , tho * less exalted than that of Knig ht of a Shire ? , h not less useful .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Anticipation.
II . HERE lies al ) that was mortal of II M- , Esq . M . V . whose virtues so much endeared'hini to the freeholders of his native county
, that he was repeatedly chosen ( more than once almost unanimously ) to represent them in Parliament . His disposition was mild , affable , and engaging , and the suavity of his manners rendered him universally beloved .
His friendships were warm and sincere ; . his hospitality was extensive ; his charity was unbounded . The family from which he was descended was uncommonly respectable ; for he was nearly related . to that spirited son of Britannia , who first rendered the name of his country formidable to the tyrant of Morocco .
III . _ THIS marble indicates the place where rest the remains of Sir J E ¦ -, Baronet . He represented the county of Durham in three successive Parliaments .
' . The only reason to be assigned -: why he was not a fourth time returned , ¦ was , because the Electors could not be permitted to give their suffrages to THREE . The wise dispensations of Providence produce good from seeming evil ;
for this respectable man , ¦ 'thwarted in a lhi * of ambition for which be was unfit by nature , Utrn'd the whole ofhis attention ¦ to a different object . Pie spent the remainder "
of a long and happy life in that way in which it was most in his power co be of service' to his country , as a County Magistrate : . !¦ a character which , well supported , tho * less exalted than that of Knig ht of a Shire ? , h not less useful .