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been undertaken in consequence of what Clarissimus T. Burgess has said, page 501. Appendicis Doctissimæ. In pursuance of your suggestion, M. Villoison has examined two MSS. of Arcadias at Paris, and has extracted ea, quæ hanc litem dirimant, ut merito speraverat Clarissimus Burgess.

If your transcript of Trypho is ready, I dare say the Dean of Christchurch, who is expected here at the end of this week, will take charge of it for

me.

Yours sincerely,

T. T.

Among his Oxford pupils, he always spoke with particular regard of the late Lord Tenterden. A friendly intercourse and occasional correspondence subsisted between them throughout life. He came to Oxford from Dr. Beavor's school, at Canterbury, a superior scholar; and, while he was yet an undergraduate, obtained a prize for his beautiful Latin poem, entitled Globus Hydrostaticus. He acquired a similar distinction after taking his Bachelor's degree for an Essay on the Use and Abuse of Satire. The Bishop often referred to Lord Tenterden's career at College and in after life, as strikingly illustrative of the intimate connection between studious and moral habits and future professional eminence. His own course was another eminent example of it.

The following letter, addressed by him to one of

his pupils, a Mr. Patten, who had unexpectedly quitted Oxford, will prove how anxious he felt to promote their welfare and improvement :

DEAR SIR,

As I have put a gentleman commoner, who is just come, in possession of your rooms, who is disposed to take your furniture, I shall be glad if you will let me know what are the thirds. I wish the rooms may be as well occupied by the present inhabitant, as they were by their last were by their last possessor. I am sure I shall never lose him with more regret than I did his predecessor. I sincerely wish I could have been of more use to you in your studies than I was. I had flattered myself, from what I knew of your abilities, and from certain symptoms of diligence and good-will on your part, that you would have employed the time in a manner which would have been very useful to yourself, and a credit to us both. But why should I express these regrets, since I trust that your own good sense, unshackled by the restraints of College forms, will lead you to employ your time still more profitably? Indeed, I do hope that I shall have the pleasure of hearing you, one day, spoken of as acting up to all the public duties which belong to your station and fortune; as the friend of the poor and the uneducated, the patron of industry, and the promoter of useful experiment, and as contributing no common share to the aggregate of the exertions which are

necessary to the happiness of your own neighbourhood, and to the welfare and prosperity of your country.

I am, dear Sir,

With sincere regard and affection,

Your faithful friend and servant,

T. BURGESS.

Mr. Burgess found himself, after holding for a few months the office of tutor of Corpus, in such easy circumstances, that he no longer needed the kind aid which his friend, Mr. Tyrwhitt, had prevailed on him to accept under the denomination of his Curate. Their correspondence continued to be frequent; and Mr. Tyrwhitt, while he watched his proceedings with an interest akin to paternal anxiety, hailed with the sincerest delight his advancing progress in the path of literary and professional distinction. The following letter marks the period at which the grateful Curate relinquished his kind patron's generous assistance:

DEAR SIR,

I AM ashamed to look at the date of your last favour. A letter which gave me so much pleasure deserved an earlier acknowledgment; but, to say the truth, the late cold weather so benumbed me, that I have not been capable of attending to any but the mere animal functions. With respect to the resignation of your curacy, I wish you to take

your own time. Before you give it up, be sure you have no further occasion for it.

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After what I have said of myself, you pect no news or entertainment from me. I am not yet completely thawed. I hope soon, however, to be alive enough to receive entertainment from you, whenever you have leisure or inclination to give me a line.

Yours very sincerely,

Welbeck Street, February 23. 1784.

T. T.

The following extract of a letter from William Roberts, Esq., author of the Life of Mrs. Hannah More, and who was one of Mr. Burgess's College pupils, gives an expressive sketch of his habits and manners at the time now referred to:

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My first acquaintance with Dr. Burgess began in 1784, when at the age of fifteen I was elected scholar of Corpus Christi College in Oxford, of which Dr. Cooke was the President, and Mr. Thomas Burgess the tutor. I attended his lectures, which were very able and instructive, for several years, and was honoured with many special marks of his kindness and regard. He had then lately distinguished himself by his edition of Dawes's Miscellanea Critica, and an Essay on the Study of Antiquity, which gained the Chancellor's prize, contended for by the Bachelors of the University. His great object was the cultivation of

Greek literature; and during the period in which I received his instructions, he attained the distinction of being considered the best Greek scholar in the University. I read through one of Aristotle's treatises with him in private; and, while I was so engaged, I had every day fresh reason to be grateful for his instructions, and for the very kind interest he took in my progress and improvement. It was always with real pleasure I ascended the stairs which led to his apartment over the gateway, in which I used to admire his well-stored bookshelves, over which the stained glass in his window spread a soft and solemn light. His countenance, voice, and manner were remarkably prepossessing, from which whatever he taught borrowed additional efficacy and impression. He was so kind as to employ my humble services in occasionally instructing some of his pupils, and assisting him in some of his collations and commentaries, and he rewarded my industry by implanting in my mind principles of conduct, and elements of thought and argument, for which I trust I have had the greatest reason to be thankful. His own demeanour, sentiments, and habits, were always singularly pure, upright, and exemplary.

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My intercourse with him at that time had relation chiefly, if not altogether, to literary subjects, till I took my Master's degree, when I ceased to reside at College; but from that time till the death of the Bishop, a period of near half a century,

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