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The Life Of David Garrick, Esq.
THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK , ESQ .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR OCTOBER , 1797 .
iT ^ REPRESENTA ^ T ^ T ^^^
A T last the customary tribute to departed excellence has bee A erected in Westminster Abbey to the memory of the Lngi si Rosciu It is not for us to enquire why . this mark of respect has been so ' lon " delayed ; neither shall we make any remarks , in our no-? rJtl e dead that mav affect the feelings of the living . - lhe opp tuLS off- oSdhtelting the life and * character of this great faand embrace it with leasure .
vourite of the public , we p Dlv . D GA ^ icKwas the son of Capt . Peter Garrick , and was born at Hereford , February 20 th , -1716 . At the time of his birth his fa ? Lr wa on a recruiting party in that city ; but his usual residence w *? s Li chfed . His " grandfather , it is said , was a merchant of Fr nd ext action , wholeft his native country on the revocation of in 168 ? He had two sons and two daughtc : s ;
the edict of Nan z . one S the former became a wine-merchant at Lisbon ; , and the father of Mr . Garrick adopted the military profession , and at the time of hfs death was advanced to a majority . His lady was a native of I el- id Not long before his death he entered into an agreement with a gentleman to sell his commission , for which he was to have had 1100 but unfortunately his death happening before the comple-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Life Of David Garrick, Esq.
THE LIFE OF DAVID GARRICK , ESQ .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
FOR OCTOBER , 1797 .
iT ^ REPRESENTA ^ T ^ T ^^^
A T last the customary tribute to departed excellence has bee A erected in Westminster Abbey to the memory of the Lngi si Rosciu It is not for us to enquire why . this mark of respect has been so ' lon " delayed ; neither shall we make any remarks , in our no-? rJtl e dead that mav affect the feelings of the living . - lhe opp tuLS off- oSdhtelting the life and * character of this great faand embrace it with leasure .
vourite of the public , we p Dlv . D GA ^ icKwas the son of Capt . Peter Garrick , and was born at Hereford , February 20 th , -1716 . At the time of his birth his fa ? Lr wa on a recruiting party in that city ; but his usual residence w *? s Li chfed . His " grandfather , it is said , was a merchant of Fr nd ext action , wholeft his native country on the revocation of in 168 ? He had two sons and two daughtc : s ;
the edict of Nan z . one S the former became a wine-merchant at Lisbon ; , and the father of Mr . Garrick adopted the military profession , and at the time of hfs death was advanced to a majority . His lady was a native of I el- id Not long before his death he entered into an agreement with a gentleman to sell his commission , for which he was to have had 1100 but unfortunately his death happening before the comple-