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Article MEMOIRS OF ANDREW BRICE. ← Page 4 of 4
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Memoirs Of Andrew Brice.
He published also the « Exmoor Scolding and Courtship , " two dialogues , exhibiting the dialect of the more northern parts of Devonshire . He was not himself the author of these ; but added a glossary , explaining the provincialisms in it . His own works equally need a glossary , if indeed they were of sufficient importance to require In Devonshireand
one . , particularlyin Exeter , strange and uncouth words and phrases have been called Bricisms . He was twice married and had several children , but buried them all . He lived to be the oldest master-printer iii England ; and not Jong before his death gave up his business to his successor , on condition 01 receiving a weekly allowance during his life . What chiefl °
y entitles him to a place in our work is , that he was one of trie oldest Masons in England at the time of his death ; and , the activity which he ever manifested in favour of that Order Mr . Brice was looked on , and with justice , as the Father of Masonry in JJevonshire . He presided for a long time in a respectable Lodo-e in ± . xeter and composed a number of humourous Masonic Sonjrs , tome ' of which have been published .
v . ? *^ ternit y » with that benevolence which is their eminent and amiable characteristic , gave him constant and solid proofs of their aftection . to the time of his death , which happened- November i th , 7 u' r year of hls a S * His cor Pse lay in Masonic state at the Apollo Inn in Exeter ; and every person paid a Shilling to be admitted , the amount of which amply defrayed the expences of his tuneralwhich
, was performed agreeable to the exact and solemn form long ( established among- Masons * , more than three hundred of whom , together with as many inhabitants of the city , attended his remains to the grave in Bartholomew Church-yard , an anthem composed on purpose being sung on the occasion . Such was Andrew Price , whose eccentricities were more than compensated for b his and
y urbanity integrity ; whose genius , though not great , yet was not contemptible , and within the sphere of its exercise might be called respectable and deserving of celebration 1 o the list of his performances alread y noticed mav be added r . A quaint poem called « The Mobiad , or Battle of the Voice ¦ an Herot-comic Poem sportivel
y satyrical : Being a brief , historical , natural , tree , and humourous , Description of an Exeter Election . In Six Cantos . " 3 . A new edition of " The Description of Exeter , written in the Je ™ in or £ Z ?' ' ^ J ° hn V 0 We " ' aHaS ii 0 ° ' Chani -
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of Andrew Brice.
He published also the « Exmoor Scolding and Courtship , " two dialogues , exhibiting the dialect of the more northern parts of Devonshire . He was not himself the author of these ; but added a glossary , explaining the provincialisms in it . His own works equally need a glossary , if indeed they were of sufficient importance to require In Devonshireand
one . , particularlyin Exeter , strange and uncouth words and phrases have been called Bricisms . He was twice married and had several children , but buried them all . He lived to be the oldest master-printer iii England ; and not Jong before his death gave up his business to his successor , on condition 01 receiving a weekly allowance during his life . What chiefl °
y entitles him to a place in our work is , that he was one of trie oldest Masons in England at the time of his death ; and , the activity which he ever manifested in favour of that Order Mr . Brice was looked on , and with justice , as the Father of Masonry in JJevonshire . He presided for a long time in a respectable Lodo-e in ± . xeter and composed a number of humourous Masonic Sonjrs , tome ' of which have been published .
v . ? *^ ternit y » with that benevolence which is their eminent and amiable characteristic , gave him constant and solid proofs of their aftection . to the time of his death , which happened- November i th , 7 u' r year of hls a S * His cor Pse lay in Masonic state at the Apollo Inn in Exeter ; and every person paid a Shilling to be admitted , the amount of which amply defrayed the expences of his tuneralwhich
, was performed agreeable to the exact and solemn form long ( established among- Masons * , more than three hundred of whom , together with as many inhabitants of the city , attended his remains to the grave in Bartholomew Church-yard , an anthem composed on purpose being sung on the occasion . Such was Andrew Price , whose eccentricities were more than compensated for b his and
y urbanity integrity ; whose genius , though not great , yet was not contemptible , and within the sphere of its exercise might be called respectable and deserving of celebration 1 o the list of his performances alread y noticed mav be added r . A quaint poem called « The Mobiad , or Battle of the Voice ¦ an Herot-comic Poem sportivel
y satyrical : Being a brief , historical , natural , tree , and humourous , Description of an Exeter Election . In Six Cantos . " 3 . A new edition of " The Description of Exeter , written in the Je ™ in or £ Z ?' ' ^ J ° hn V 0 We " ' aHaS ii 0 ° ' Chani -