CHAP. VI.

1781.

Page

Literary Correspondence with Lord Monboddo, Mr.

Tyrwhitt, and Dr. Vincent

49

CHAP. VII.

1782 to 1783.

Appointed Tutor of Corpus. - His College Friends and

Associates

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66

CHAP. VIII.

1784.

Takes Orders. - Correspondence with Mr. Windham. -

Mr. Roberts's Description of his Pursuits, &c. at Oxford

CHAP. IX.

1785 to 1786.

Appointed Chaplain to Bishop Barrington. Sketch of the

Character of that Prelate. Sunday Schools.-Salisbury

Spelling Book Hannah More

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CHAP. X.

1786 to 1789.

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Visits Holland and Paris.- Death of Mr. Tyrwhitt. — Pub-

lications by Mr. Burgess in 1787 and 1788. - Corre-

spondence with Dr. Burney, Dr. Parr, &c. - Publishes a

Treatise against the Slave Trade

CHAP. XI.

Sermon before the University of Oxford in 1790.— Corre-

、spondence respecting it

CHAP. XII.

1788 to 1790.

Character of Mr. Corai..

Mr. Burke's Work on the French

Revolution. Proposal of conferring the Degree of LL. D.

Page

on him by the University of Oxford frustrated.- Letters

on the Subject

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CHAP. XIII.

1791 to 1795.

Translation of Dr. Shute Barrington to the See of Durham.

-Mr. Burgess resigns the Tutorship of Corpus. — A

prebendal Stall given him at Durham-and subsequently

the Living of Winston. - His Style of Life there

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CHAP. XIV.

Sacra Privata of Mr. Burgess

171

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CHAP. XV.

1799 to 1803.

His marriage. — Domestic Life at Winston, &c.

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pointed to the Bishopric of St. David's

CHAP. XVI.

1803 and 1804.

Is ap-

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Settlement of the Bishop in the Diocese of St. David's. -

His primary Charge

CHAP. XVII.

Plans pursued by the Bishop for the Improvement of his

Diocese

CHAP. XVIII.

The Bishop's Mode of preparing for, and of conducting his

Ordinations

The Bishop's Mode of Life in London and at Durham. —

Grounds of his Opposition to the Roman Catholic Claims.

-His Controversial Writings against Popery. - His

Tracts on the Independence of the Ancient British

Church

General Remarks on the Bishop's Tracts in Refutation of

Unitarianism

CHAP. XXII.

1810 to 1820.

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279

Beneficial Results of the Bishop's Plans. - Progress of his

Collegiate Scheme. Ystadfodd.

Controversy with

The Author's first Acquaintance with the Bishop of St.

David's. Descriptive Character of Bishop Ryder

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CHAP. XXIV.

1820 and 1821.

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Progress of the College-Scheme. C. R. Cockerell, Esq.

applied to for Plans

302

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CHAP. XXV.

1821 to 1822.

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The Bishop publishes a Vindication of the disputed Verse

in St. John's First Epistle. The King's Letter to the

Bishop, announcing his Subscription of One Thousand

Pounds to the College. The Bishop's Reply. - The

Universities of Oxford and Cambridge also subscribe

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CHAP. XXVI.

1823.

The Bishop's noble Sacrifice of Fines for the Augmentation

of the Income of the See of St. David's

CHAP. XXVII.

Page

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The Foundation Stone of St. David's College laid by the

Bishop

328

CHAP. XXVIII.

1823.

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The Bishop, by Command of the King, frames a Plan for a

Royal Society of Literature. Some Account of the

Plan, and of his Anniversary Discourses. He questions

the Authenticity of the posthumous Work ascribed to

Milton

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Lords Liverpool and Eldon aid the College.-The Bishop's

Visit to the Author. His perilous Voyage from Bristol

to Swansea. His Translation to the See of Salisbury

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CHAP. XXX.

355

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Testimonies of affectionate Veneration to the Bishop from

various Clergymen in his Welsh Diocese

CHAP. XXXI.

1825 and 1826.

Various Letters.- Testimony of Dr. Jenkinson, Bishop of

St. David's, to the Necessity and Value of the College. -

Further Specimens of the Bishop's Sacra Privata. -

Death of the Bishop of Durham, and his Character

375

CHAP. XXXII.

1829.

Passing of the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill, and Feel-

ings of the Protestant Public respecting it

CHAP. XXXIII.

Analysis of the Controversy respecting the disputed Verse,

1 John, v. 7.

CHAP. XXXIV.

Page

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403

The Rev. L. Clarke's Testimony to the Episcopal Virtues

of Bishop Burgess

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The Bishop's Seizure at Warminster. The Author's last

Interview with him

CHAP. XXXVIII.

1836 to 1837.

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498

The Bishop's Letter to Lord Melbourne.

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Letters to

Dr. Scholtz. His last Illness and Death. - Eulogistic

Tributes to his Memory from the Bishop and Dean of

Salisbury, and from Archdeacon Berens

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