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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
Mar shah Wade figures in the following punning doggrel , with his companions in arms , Cope and Hawley , all three haAdng remained inactive in the campaign of 1745 , when despatched against Charles Edward : — " Cope could not cope , nor Wade Avade through the snow , Nor Hawley haul his cannon tdrfhe foe . "
St . Marfs Chapel , Queen-square , Bath . —This building was designed by John Wood , architect , and the foundation-stone was laid by him , 25 th March , 1732 , in the name of Robert Gay , Esq , M . P . for Bath , and lord of the manor of Walcot . It is the first proprietary chapel that Avas built in England , and has always been considered an architectural gem . The style is Roman Doric .
Lady Waller ' s Monument , in the Bath Abbey Church , raised to the memory of Lady Jane Waller , sole daughter and heiress to Sir Richard Waller , Knight , and wife to Sir William Waller . It is said that James II ., on passing through the church , drew his sword and hacked off Sir W . Waller ' s nose , in Avhich mutilated state the effigy of the worthy knight still remains , in testimony of that act of heroism of the king .
Ainslie ' s Belvedere in former days was connected with the literary history of Bath . The houses there were built by a man who was a builder by profession—not an architect—and he had the misfortune to fall under the lash of Philip Thicknes . se—a name which obtained a bad eminence . Thicknesse was a man on whom , amongst all the literary and scientific people of Bath , the mind can dwell with the least satisfaction . When the man Avho built Ainslie ' s Belvedere , died . Thicknesse inserted in the Gentleman ' s
Maerazine " a very libellous account of him , extending to considerable length . Ainslie ' s Belvedere being retired , had been a good deal inhabited by persons who had been , more or less , connected with literature . In one house lived the mother of Gibbon—we do not know how many years , but we have no doubt it was a pretty long time . In one of his letters Gibbon spoke of Ansiting his mother in Ainslie ' s Belvidere . Another house in these buildings Avas inhabited by one of the family of Burleigh , and another was inhabited
by a gentleman Avho , although rarely mentioned , lived many years in Bath , and was a man superior to the general estimation held of him—Dr . James Sims . He had been a medical practitioner in London , and wisely came here to end his days in quiet . He lived in a house next to the police office , and adopted a practice which English taste at present would not sanction—that of placing on the Avails of his rooms a number of inscriptions . He was a very agreeable man—very old Avhen he came to Bath—and had a library full of historical books .
Candidates fob Fbeemasonry . —Every candidate for the honours of Masonry , as our ancient Grand Master David predicates in the 15 th Psalm , ought to lead an uncorrupt life , and do the thing which is right , always speaking the truth from his heart ; to use no deceit in his tongue , nor to do evil , or slander his neighbour . He must be lowly in his own eyes , and give due honours to good , and pious men . If he swears unto his neighbour he must not disappoint him , even though it
should subject himself to temporary inconvenience , neither must he lend money to his brother on exorbitant usury , or take reward against the innocent . In conformity with this primitive recommendation , our Constitutions pronounce that every candidate must be a free man , and his own master , and at the time of his initiation , be known to be in reputable circumstances . He should be a lover of the liberal arts and sciences , and have made some progress in one or other of them . — Oliver .
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Bath, And Its Former Inhabitants.
Mar shah Wade figures in the following punning doggrel , with his companions in arms , Cope and Hawley , all three haAdng remained inactive in the campaign of 1745 , when despatched against Charles Edward : — " Cope could not cope , nor Wade Avade through the snow , Nor Hawley haul his cannon tdrfhe foe . "
St . Marfs Chapel , Queen-square , Bath . —This building was designed by John Wood , architect , and the foundation-stone was laid by him , 25 th March , 1732 , in the name of Robert Gay , Esq , M . P . for Bath , and lord of the manor of Walcot . It is the first proprietary chapel that Avas built in England , and has always been considered an architectural gem . The style is Roman Doric .
Lady Waller ' s Monument , in the Bath Abbey Church , raised to the memory of Lady Jane Waller , sole daughter and heiress to Sir Richard Waller , Knight , and wife to Sir William Waller . It is said that James II ., on passing through the church , drew his sword and hacked off Sir W . Waller ' s nose , in Avhich mutilated state the effigy of the worthy knight still remains , in testimony of that act of heroism of the king .
Ainslie ' s Belvedere in former days was connected with the literary history of Bath . The houses there were built by a man who was a builder by profession—not an architect—and he had the misfortune to fall under the lash of Philip Thicknes . se—a name which obtained a bad eminence . Thicknesse was a man on whom , amongst all the literary and scientific people of Bath , the mind can dwell with the least satisfaction . When the man Avho built Ainslie ' s Belvedere , died . Thicknesse inserted in the Gentleman ' s
Maerazine " a very libellous account of him , extending to considerable length . Ainslie ' s Belvedere being retired , had been a good deal inhabited by persons who had been , more or less , connected with literature . In one house lived the mother of Gibbon—we do not know how many years , but we have no doubt it was a pretty long time . In one of his letters Gibbon spoke of Ansiting his mother in Ainslie ' s Belvidere . Another house in these buildings Avas inhabited by one of the family of Burleigh , and another was inhabited
by a gentleman Avho , although rarely mentioned , lived many years in Bath , and was a man superior to the general estimation held of him—Dr . James Sims . He had been a medical practitioner in London , and wisely came here to end his days in quiet . He lived in a house next to the police office , and adopted a practice which English taste at present would not sanction—that of placing on the Avails of his rooms a number of inscriptions . He was a very agreeable man—very old Avhen he came to Bath—and had a library full of historical books .
Candidates fob Fbeemasonry . —Every candidate for the honours of Masonry , as our ancient Grand Master David predicates in the 15 th Psalm , ought to lead an uncorrupt life , and do the thing which is right , always speaking the truth from his heart ; to use no deceit in his tongue , nor to do evil , or slander his neighbour . He must be lowly in his own eyes , and give due honours to good , and pious men . If he swears unto his neighbour he must not disappoint him , even though it
should subject himself to temporary inconvenience , neither must he lend money to his brother on exorbitant usury , or take reward against the innocent . In conformity with this primitive recommendation , our Constitutions pronounce that every candidate must be a free man , and his own master , and at the time of his initiation , be known to be in reputable circumstances . He should be a lover of the liberal arts and sciences , and have made some progress in one or other of them . — Oliver .