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II.

O narrow shrine! And is thy crystal stor'd
With all that pious thriftiness could save?
Yet shall affection prize this little hoard,
Won from the crouded coffers of the grave.

III.

Lo! here his reverend locks may vie with snow,
In silver tissue curiously dispread!

Yet how much more becoming did they show
Beneath the velvet covering of his head!

IV.

On the fair brow, as open as his heart,
Which every social tie could comprehend,
To worth or science equal aid impart,
An hospitable, universal friend.

V.

Where is the glist'ning eye, the pregnant smile,
The comely countenance, the vocal tongue,
Whose lively tales could fleeting time beguile,
Instruct the old, and captivate the young?

VI.

Decrepid age and racking gout conspir'd
To break this firm composure, but in vain.
Oft have I mark'd his features, and admir'd—
Serenely smiling in the face of pain.

VII.

Careless the fetters of disease he bore;

While memory led his active mind to stray Thro' Gothic piles, in search of ancient lore, And rescue sacred ruins from decay.

VIII.

Still fancy views him; still I seem to spy

His lamp, his book, his posture, form, and dress:

Beside him filial care, with anxious eye,
Watching his undisclosed wants to guess.

IX.

Thus his good name, and honour'd image still
On living tablet shall affection raise,
Above the sculptor's ostentatious skill,

Or the vain words of monumental praise.

J. Six, A. B."

"To the Memory of the Rev. Wm. Gostling, Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury.

Hither, ye sons of harmony, repair,
And haste to pay the tributary tear:

In crouds approach this monumental stone,
And with the tears of marble mix your own.
His loss with sighs lament: to whom was given
T'emulate the inhabitants of heaven:

With sacred hymns to bid devotion rise,
And draw attention from his kindred skies.

Pity shall lend her saddest, sweetest strain,
And Music's self in hallow'd notes complain.
Meanwhile translated to that blest abode,
Where hosts celestial join to praise their God;
In strains ineffable by human tongue,
Attuning high their never-ceasing song.

Him shall his much lov'd Bird with rapture greet,
And Blow and Purcell hold in converse sweet:
And to those mansions of the good and bless'd,
Angels shall hail their long expected guest."

111. Tho. Morrell, D. D. King's College: Rector of Buckland in Hertfordshire.

"Dr. Morrell is my old acquaintance: was born, as I take it, at Eton; where, at least, his mother and sister kept a boarding

house, while I was of that school; but by keeping low company, especially of the musical tribe, and writing their operas, and mixing much with them, he let himself down so as not to be taken notice of in the road of preferment. His great friend, and from whose patronage he expected much, Mons. Desnoyers, dancingmaster, and greatly intimate with Frederick Prince of Wales, died before he could get any thing for him: though a very ingenious, good-tempered man, and a good scholar; but always in debt and needy, so as frequently to be obliged to abscond. He had a new office erected for him in our Antiquary Society about a year or two ago, (I write this, June 25, 1777) where he is one of the Secretaries. He married a lady of good family, of the name of Barker; but happily, I think, has no issue. One of his best performances, for he is a frequent writer, is Mr. Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty, which is supposed to have been written by him.

"Mr. Nichols, p. 33. of his Life of Hogarth, says, that Dr. Ben. Hoadley, M. D. began and finished two parts in three of the Analysis of Beauty, and Dr. Morrell finished it for the author, Mr. Hogarth."

112. Tho. Martyn, Sid. Col. 1768.

"In March, 1770, or the latter end of February, soon after the University had sustained the great loss of Mr. Miller, son to Mr. Miller of Chelsea, who left us to go as a factor to the island of Sumatra, being Curator of the physic garden at an appointment of 50l. per an. Mr. Professor Martyn offered his services to the University, to look after it, gratis and without salary, till such time as they could procure a proper person for that business. Mr. Miller was a very ingenious young man; had made himself master of the learned and modern languages since his establishment at Cambridge, and gave lectures on botany and Linnæus to a Mons. Bonstettin, who studied at Cambridge for some months in a house opposite Pembroke Hall, where he lodged, chiefly on account of the vicinity to Mr. Gray of Pembroke, who had brought him from London to Cambridge. He was a most studious young gentleman, of a most amiable figure, and was son to the treasurer of the Can

ton of Berne in Switzerland, whither he returned in March, 1770, on his leaving Cambridge, through Paris, not staying at London above a day or two. Mr. Miller read lectures to him to the very last day of his being at Cambridge. Mr. Miller was subject to epileptic fits, and his friends much feared his success in so great a difference of climate,

"Tho. Martyn, S. T. B. Coll. Sid. Soc. Prof. Botan. Præl, Walk. et Hort. Curat. Catalogus Horti Botanici Cantabrigiensis, 8vo. London. Print of Dr. Walker before it. V. Critical Review for October, 1771, p. 317.

"This day are published, and ready for the subscribers, on the payment of two guineas, the two first volumes of the English translation of the Antiquities of Herculaneum. County Chron. Nov. 28, 1772. Junior Proctor, 1764. The Connoisseur, anonymous, but by Mr. Martyn of Sidney.

"On Thursday, December 9, 1773, he was married to the sister of Dr. Elliston, Mr of Sidney College, and kept their wedding at Lynton, where Mr. Martyn's mother-in-law lives in the great brick-house by the river, I passing them that day going to Horseth Hall. Mr. Martyn had hired Mr. Bening's house at Thriplow; but unexpectedly next month, in Jan. 1774, at the beginning, he was presented by Mr. Warren to hold the good living of Ludgers-hall in Bucks, for a Minor, for about 16 or 17 years.

"On Thursday, May 22, 1777, Mr. Martyn and the Master of Sidney, drinking tea with me at Milton, he told me that he was disposed to give up the Curatorship of the botanical garden to any person whom the University thought fit to confer it upon, as he was obliged to live on his living at Marlow, near my living of Burnham in Bucks; but that he should keep the museum and books in it, which were given to the University by his father, on condition that he was to have the care of them, being a most choice collection of botanical writers. Mr. Martyn is now reading a course of lectures. I sent him two years ago a curious part of rock, mixed with human bones, from Gibraltar, which Mr. Jacob Bryant gave to me, to place in the museum. I also gave him this day a large piece of a tesselated pavement, which had been Dr.

Charles Mason's, and was given to me by his widow. Mr. Mar tyn told me his family was of Combe Martyn in Dorsetshire, where they had been settled from the Conquest, and gave for arms A. 2 bars G.

"The English Connoisseur: containing an account of whatever is curious in Painting and Sculpture, &c. in the Palaces and Seats of the Nobility and principal Gentry of England, both in Town and Country. Lond. 1764. Two small 8vo. volumes. No name, but by Mr. Martyn, who is now in Italy with his wife on a party of pleasure, Dec. 1779.”

113. Sir Tho. Twisden, Justice of the King's Bench,

"Gave 107. to Emanuel College New Chapel.

"He was an eminent Judge and Antiquary."

He was younger brother to Sir Roger Twisden, Bart. the Editor of Decem Scriptores: and was himself created a Baronet ; and was ancestor of the present Sir John Twisden of Bradbourne near Maidstone,

114. Brook Taylor, LL. D. St. John's.

A celebrated mathematician, &c.

He was eldest son of Nathaniel Taylor, Esq. of Bifrons near Canterbury. See his Life by his grandson, the late Sir Wm. Young, Bart.

His younger brother was grandfather of the present Edward Taylor of Bifrons, Esq. late M. P. for Canterbury; and of Gen. Herbert Taylor, &c.

Dr. Taylor was a friend and correspondent of Pope's Lord Bolingbroke; and eminent for his genius, talents, and acquirements.

END OF VOL. III.

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