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Jn the course of a long life , the tongue of slander could not fix upon his character the slightest stain . With such qualities , it i ; needless to Say that his company was courted , and his memory respected , by a very numerous circle of friends and acquaintance , who partook of his hospitable board and
his enlivening conversation . He lived and died in the sincere profession and practice of the Roman Catholic religion ; and was buried at St . Pancras , the usual place of interment for persons of that persuasion . October 4 . In his 71 st year , the Rev . George William Lemonof s-
, Queen ' college , Cambridge , B . A . 1747 ; upwards of 40 years rector of Geytonihorpe , and vicar of East Walton , CO . Norfolk , and 10 years high-master of the free grammar-school in Norwich . He was author of' English Etymology ; or , a Derivative Dictionary of ' the English Languagein two Alphabets
, , tracing the Etymology of those English Words that are derived , 1 . from the GreekandLatinLanguages , 2 . from the Saxon and oiher Northern Tongues ; ' 7 3 , ' 4 - published by subscription of one guinea . This industrious Etymologist not only investigated the radical
meaning 01 many obscure and almost unintelligible words , but exploded many vulgar errors , and illustrated many passages in our ancient writers . He " added a chronological table of the most remarkable events in ancient and modern history , many of them calculated to throw light on the most interesting articles in his
dictionary . If he did not trace every word toils original source , he collected an infinite variety of curious observations , and produced a work acceptable to those wlio have a taste for etymological disquisitions , and a desire to understand their native language .
At Norwich , in his 57 th year , the Rev . William Enfield , L . L .. D . pastor ofthe congregation of Protestant Dissenters meeting in the chapel there , ol-iginally erected for Dr . Taylor , and formerly lecturer in thebellfs ' letters at the academy at Warrington . To the he well known
public was bv his many ingenious and useful writings , which entitled him to a respectable rank in the literary world ; viz . 1 . ' The Preacher ' s Directory ; or , A Series of Subjects proper for public Discourses , with Texts under . e . ich Head . To which are added , Select Passages from the
Apocrypha , i 77 i , ' 4 to . This book is excellently adapted to the purposes expressed in the title . 2 . ' Observations on Literary Property . ' 3 . ' The Speaker . ' Besides iS Sermons on various occasions . Lately , in the Fleet prison , at 3 very advanced age , Mrs . Cornelly , a
distinguished priestess of fashion , who once made much noise in the world of gaiety . She was by birth a German , and for many years a public singer iii Italy and Germany . She came to this country between thirty and forty years ago ; and being of an enterprising spiritpossessing a good understanding
, , great knowledge of mankind , and specious manners , she contrived to raise herself into notice , and obtained the patronage ofthe fashionable world to all the amusements her taste and fancy suggested . For many years her large mansion ( Carlisle-house ) in Soho ? squarewas the favourite region of
, amusement among the nobility and gentry ; and itwas so well contrived for deversined amusement , that no other pub . ? lie entertainments could pretend to rival its attractions . The first event that shook her affluence was the . introduce tion of an Harmonic Meeting , as a sort
of competition with the Opera-house The propria tors of the latter were therefore alarmed ; they applied to the magistatcs to suppress this novel amusement . Sir John Fielding vigorously interfered in their behalf , took Guardam . the chief singer of Carlisle-house , into custody , and effectually put a stop
to the whole undertaking . This was a severe blow to Mrs . Connelly . That , however , which finally crushed her , was the institution of the Pantheon , ' the beauty and magnificence of which drew away all whose patronage could give sanction to a public entertainment . Her creditors then began to grow
clamorous , and she was at length obliged to relinquish the concern , and seek in concealment a refuge from legal prosecution . She remained in obscurity many years under the name of Smith ; but , a year or two ago , she came forward again ; and here the reader will ' no doubt learn with surprisenot
un-, mixed with risibility , the strange transition in her Cite ; for she who was once a leaderof fashion , became , literally the siiperinteiidant of asses , for she kept a house at Knightsbridge , and was a venderof asses miik . She find a son and daughter , to whom she , tave all the ac-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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Jn the course of a long life , the tongue of slander could not fix upon his character the slightest stain . With such qualities , it i ; needless to Say that his company was courted , and his memory respected , by a very numerous circle of friends and acquaintance , who partook of his hospitable board and
his enlivening conversation . He lived and died in the sincere profession and practice of the Roman Catholic religion ; and was buried at St . Pancras , the usual place of interment for persons of that persuasion . October 4 . In his 71 st year , the Rev . George William Lemonof s-
, Queen ' college , Cambridge , B . A . 1747 ; upwards of 40 years rector of Geytonihorpe , and vicar of East Walton , CO . Norfolk , and 10 years high-master of the free grammar-school in Norwich . He was author of' English Etymology ; or , a Derivative Dictionary of ' the English Languagein two Alphabets
, , tracing the Etymology of those English Words that are derived , 1 . from the GreekandLatinLanguages , 2 . from the Saxon and oiher Northern Tongues ; ' 7 3 , ' 4 - published by subscription of one guinea . This industrious Etymologist not only investigated the radical
meaning 01 many obscure and almost unintelligible words , but exploded many vulgar errors , and illustrated many passages in our ancient writers . He " added a chronological table of the most remarkable events in ancient and modern history , many of them calculated to throw light on the most interesting articles in his
dictionary . If he did not trace every word toils original source , he collected an infinite variety of curious observations , and produced a work acceptable to those wlio have a taste for etymological disquisitions , and a desire to understand their native language .
At Norwich , in his 57 th year , the Rev . William Enfield , L . L .. D . pastor ofthe congregation of Protestant Dissenters meeting in the chapel there , ol-iginally erected for Dr . Taylor , and formerly lecturer in thebellfs ' letters at the academy at Warrington . To the he well known
public was bv his many ingenious and useful writings , which entitled him to a respectable rank in the literary world ; viz . 1 . ' The Preacher ' s Directory ; or , A Series of Subjects proper for public Discourses , with Texts under . e . ich Head . To which are added , Select Passages from the
Apocrypha , i 77 i , ' 4 to . This book is excellently adapted to the purposes expressed in the title . 2 . ' Observations on Literary Property . ' 3 . ' The Speaker . ' Besides iS Sermons on various occasions . Lately , in the Fleet prison , at 3 very advanced age , Mrs . Cornelly , a
distinguished priestess of fashion , who once made much noise in the world of gaiety . She was by birth a German , and for many years a public singer iii Italy and Germany . She came to this country between thirty and forty years ago ; and being of an enterprising spiritpossessing a good understanding
, , great knowledge of mankind , and specious manners , she contrived to raise herself into notice , and obtained the patronage ofthe fashionable world to all the amusements her taste and fancy suggested . For many years her large mansion ( Carlisle-house ) in Soho ? squarewas the favourite region of
, amusement among the nobility and gentry ; and itwas so well contrived for deversined amusement , that no other pub . ? lie entertainments could pretend to rival its attractions . The first event that shook her affluence was the . introduce tion of an Harmonic Meeting , as a sort
of competition with the Opera-house The propria tors of the latter were therefore alarmed ; they applied to the magistatcs to suppress this novel amusement . Sir John Fielding vigorously interfered in their behalf , took Guardam . the chief singer of Carlisle-house , into custody , and effectually put a stop
to the whole undertaking . This was a severe blow to Mrs . Connelly . That , however , which finally crushed her , was the institution of the Pantheon , ' the beauty and magnificence of which drew away all whose patronage could give sanction to a public entertainment . Her creditors then began to grow
clamorous , and she was at length obliged to relinquish the concern , and seek in concealment a refuge from legal prosecution . She remained in obscurity many years under the name of Smith ; but , a year or two ago , she came forward again ; and here the reader will ' no doubt learn with surprisenot
un-, mixed with risibility , the strange transition in her Cite ; for she who was once a leaderof fashion , became , literally the siiperinteiidant of asses , for she kept a house at Knightsbridge , and was a venderof asses miik . She find a son and daughter , to whom she , tave all the ac-