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Memoir Of John Errrington, Esq.
MEMOIR OF JOHN ERRRINGTON , ESQ .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER FOR NORTHUMBERLAND . WITH AV ELEGANT ' PORTRAIT .
IT is generally acknowledged by those who are capable of appre-¦ " ciating the intrinsic value of real excellence , that mankind derive more advantage from observation of living virtue than from splendid narratives of past actions ' . Having perused the life of a good man , our admiration is often awakened , and we feel ourselves stimulated to tread in his steps : but these sensations are transient ; they are like buds that appear in the springwhich being nipt by chilling
, frosts , do not expand into blossoms . Intercourse with the world , made up of creatures so heterogeneous , tends to efface the recolleelioti of the dead , by affording the mind ample contemplation on living characters ; and it is almost impertinent to say that , of the two , the latter are apt to engross the greatest share of our attention . This ,
'hen , may be a sufficient apology for giving a brief sketch of a . person whose head and heart are stored . with such qualities as endear '" ' in to that society of which he is a valuable member . Tlie subjecl of our panegyric is the chief of a very ancient famil y iri "le north of England . His-ancestor , William de ErringUm , was Hi gh Sheriff of Niirtliumberland , in : the forty-seventh year of the fei gn of King Edward the Third . Another of the family , Sir
Thomas de Eri'ingtot ) , was one of the conservators of the borders in the hvelfth year of Henry the Sixth . Sir Gilbert de Erritigton , Knight , J 'i 3 one of the party of King Edward the Fourth against the house of Lancaster ; by whom and Sir John Manners of Etall , at the head of 4 co men , Queen Margaret of Anjou was prevented from landing with "er company at Bambrough , and forced to take shelter at Berwick upon Tweed . ' ' ' V ° I" XI . IB
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Memoir Of John Errrington, Esq.
MEMOIR OF JOHN ERRRINGTON , ESQ .
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER FOR NORTHUMBERLAND . WITH AV ELEGANT ' PORTRAIT .
IT is generally acknowledged by those who are capable of appre-¦ " ciating the intrinsic value of real excellence , that mankind derive more advantage from observation of living virtue than from splendid narratives of past actions ' . Having perused the life of a good man , our admiration is often awakened , and we feel ourselves stimulated to tread in his steps : but these sensations are transient ; they are like buds that appear in the springwhich being nipt by chilling
, frosts , do not expand into blossoms . Intercourse with the world , made up of creatures so heterogeneous , tends to efface the recolleelioti of the dead , by affording the mind ample contemplation on living characters ; and it is almost impertinent to say that , of the two , the latter are apt to engross the greatest share of our attention . This ,
'hen , may be a sufficient apology for giving a brief sketch of a . person whose head and heart are stored . with such qualities as endear '" ' in to that society of which he is a valuable member . Tlie subjecl of our panegyric is the chief of a very ancient famil y iri "le north of England . His-ancestor , William de ErringUm , was Hi gh Sheriff of Niirtliumberland , in : the forty-seventh year of the fei gn of King Edward the Third . Another of the family , Sir
Thomas de Eri'ingtot ) , was one of the conservators of the borders in the hvelfth year of Henry the Sixth . Sir Gilbert de Erritigton , Knight , J 'i 3 one of the party of King Edward the Fourth against the house of Lancaster ; by whom and Sir John Manners of Etall , at the head of 4 co men , Queen Margaret of Anjou was prevented from landing with "er company at Bambrough , and forced to take shelter at Berwick upon Tweed . ' ' ' V ° I" XI . IB