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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY
¦ FOR AUGUST z 795- ' MEMOIRS OF ED WARD JERNINGHAM , ESQ .
THERE cannot be a more agreeable recompence to requite the task of the biographer than the consciousness that while he is attempting to do justice to genius , he is at the same time rendering a due tribute to moral worth . This testimony , we may venture to affirm , has seldom been more justly apportioned than on the subject of our present attentionwho has long possessed
aconsi-, ^ derable rank in the literary world , and whose private character has been as rrinch' esteemed by a large and noble circle of friends as his ingenious labours have bieen admired by the public in geneial . EDWARD JERNINGHAM , Esq . is a descendant from a very ' old and respectable family in the county of Norfolk , and is the' younger brother of Sir William Jerninghamthe worthbaronet who is now
, y the head of that family . " The seat of Sir William is Cossey Hall , near Norwich . This place was given to Sir Henry Jerningham b y Queen Mary , on account of his very active and persevering ser » vices in smoothing her ascent to the throne .
After a short " residence in the English college at Douay Mr . Jer-r ningham completed his studies at Paris , where he amply qualified . himself in every classical attainment and ornamental accomplishment suited to his abilities and rank in life , under the tuition and care of the Rev ; Dr . Howard , president of the English seminary iiv that metropolis . The library belonging to that house consisted chiefl y of the books that were formerly in the possession of James the Second ,
the unfortunate monarch of this country . Dr , Englefield , who had been chaplain to the royal fugitive , presented the library to the seminary before mentioned . ' It was in these humble remains of the exiled monarch that our author commenced his acquaintance with the . British Muse ; after having possessed himself of the treasures of Greek and Roman literature . The works of Spenser and of Dryden , we understand , were his early favourites ; from the former he imbibed L z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library .
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY
¦ FOR AUGUST z 795- ' MEMOIRS OF ED WARD JERNINGHAM , ESQ .
THERE cannot be a more agreeable recompence to requite the task of the biographer than the consciousness that while he is attempting to do justice to genius , he is at the same time rendering a due tribute to moral worth . This testimony , we may venture to affirm , has seldom been more justly apportioned than on the subject of our present attentionwho has long possessed
aconsi-, ^ derable rank in the literary world , and whose private character has been as rrinch' esteemed by a large and noble circle of friends as his ingenious labours have bieen admired by the public in geneial . EDWARD JERNINGHAM , Esq . is a descendant from a very ' old and respectable family in the county of Norfolk , and is the' younger brother of Sir William Jerninghamthe worthbaronet who is now
, y the head of that family . " The seat of Sir William is Cossey Hall , near Norwich . This place was given to Sir Henry Jerningham b y Queen Mary , on account of his very active and persevering ser » vices in smoothing her ascent to the throne .
After a short " residence in the English college at Douay Mr . Jer-r ningham completed his studies at Paris , where he amply qualified . himself in every classical attainment and ornamental accomplishment suited to his abilities and rank in life , under the tuition and care of the Rev ; Dr . Howard , president of the English seminary iiv that metropolis . The library belonging to that house consisted chiefl y of the books that were formerly in the possession of James the Second ,
the unfortunate monarch of this country . Dr , Englefield , who had been chaplain to the royal fugitive , presented the library to the seminary before mentioned . ' It was in these humble remains of the exiled monarch that our author commenced his acquaintance with the . British Muse ; after having possessed himself of the treasures of Greek and Roman literature . The works of Spenser and of Dryden , we understand , were his early favourites ; from the former he imbibed L z