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religious world, and not only give’ evident 
procfs of genius, but display a mind cultivated 
beyond what could have been looked for in 
one whose early ecucation and habits were/so 
Unfayourable. His style is unaftected and 
perspicuous, and many of his letters resemble 
those of his friend Cowper ia facility and ele- 
gance. Above all his writings and his. life 
evince thé power of religion in turning the cur- 
rent ofthe heartand theaffections. Likea great 
apostle, he, who had before been a persecu- 
tor and blasphemer, became a zealous sup- 
porter of the faith which once he destroyed. 
He survived Mrs, Newton seventeen years, 
and died on the 21st of December, 1807, in 
the 83d year of his age. The following are 
his principal publications; 1. The Ecclesias= 
tical History of the first Century, 2. A vo- 
lume of Seymons, preached at Olney, and 
printed in 1767; 5. Olney Hymns; 4. A 
__ Fast Sermon ; 5. Letters by Omicron; 6. Cal- 
liphonia, or the Utterance of the Heart, in 
two volumes; 7. Apologia, a Vindication of 
the Church of England, which was an- 
swered by the late Dr. Mayo; 8. A Mo- 
> nument to the Memory cf Eliza Cunning- 
“ham; 9. Fifty Expository Discourses on the 
Scriptural Passages which form the Subject 
of Handel’s Messiah, in two volumes octavo ; 
10. A Sermon on the King’s Recovery; 11. 
Thoughts on the Slave Trade; 12. A Narra- 
tive of the Particulars of his own Life ads 
dressed to the Rev. Dr, Haweis; 15. Let- 
ters to a Wife, in two volumes; &c,] 
_ [Further account of Captain Thomas Morris 
whose death was announced at page 74,—He 
was born in the environs of London, where his 
father passed the evening.of a well spent 
life, on a sufficient income, through economy, 
to enable him to educate his children in those 
arts which elevate and embellish human na- 
ture. Having evinced an early passion for 
reading, he was placed under the instruction 
of a gentleman,.whose taste and classical 
Tearning were known tu those who were abie 
‘to appreciate them.. Under his guidance, 
young Morris made rapid advances in the study- 
of the writers of Greece and-Rome, and in a 
few years, he could not only translate, but 
comment on the beauties of their poets, hiss 
torians, &c. Having realized and even ex- 
ceeded the hopes which were entertained of 
his talents, his father began to think of some 
_ Tine ih which they would supply the want of 
fortune in some useful, and at the same.time 
honourable pursuit. He bad a maternal 
“uncle, a man of high military rank, who was 
very partial to hisnmephew, and who conceiv- 
ang that the army was est suited to the na- 
tive gaicty of his disposition, procured him an 
ensigncy. Having been senton the recruiting 
service to Bridgewater, Somertetshive, he 
Account of the late Captain Thomas Morris. 
181 
married a Miss Chubb, a native of that town, 
an accomplished woniaa, who brought him a 
fine family, of boys and girls, who lostan affece 
tionate mother whilst the eldest of them wae 
quite young. Having been promoted to the 
rank of Captain, he was ordered with his re- 
giment to America, then under the governs 
ment of Great Britain. There he was en- 
gaged in several conflicts with the French 
and Indians, in all of which he displayed-the 
greatest courage and resources of mind, when 
bravery and number could no Jonger ayail, 
At-one time, Captain Morris was taken pri- 
soner by a party of Indians, and condemned to 
the stake, but arthe instant when‘preparations 
were making to inflict the dreadful sentence, 
he was recognised by/an old Sachem, whose 
life he had formerly saved, and who in grates 
ful return pleaded so powerfully_in his behalf 
that he was unbound and permitted to return 
to his friends. This event was described by 
the Captain in an affecting narrative written 
by himself in which he related his sufferings 
on this occasion, and notwithstanding all the 
hardships*he had suffered among the Indians, 
he was so attached to them and their mode of 
life, that he used frequently ta declare that 
they were the only race of human kind that 
was worthy of the name of men? On his res 
turn from America to England, he quitted 
the army, and gaye himself up to those stu+ 
dies which had won his earliest affections, 
and the conversation of a few enlightened 
friends, Having met with some disappoint- 
ment which his philosophy was not sufficient 
to support, he sought for a spot in the neigh= 
bourhood of London, where he might pass the 
rest of his days im retirement, and sfeund at 
length ina nursery garden, belonging to a Mr. 
Bowell of Paddington, a small cottage, in 
wkich he sat down to compare Pope’s Trans- 
Intion of Homer with the original. La this pur- 
suit he passed some years, which he has been 
heard to declare were the happiest’ of his life. 
During his residence in America he collected 
a_number of curious and interesting materials 
for the natural and civil history of that coun» 
try. With all his partiality for the dead lan~ 
guages, he was not blind to the richness, vie 
gour, and flexibility of his owa, which ~he 
cultivated with uncommon assiduity He 
had read all the.English poets with attention, 
and could if occasion required, repeat passages 
out of them which etquired new beauties 
from his enunciation and emphasis.» He had 
translated Juveaal lato English, and enriched 
it with many notes, but could never be pre- 
vailed on to print it. Some years ago he 
published a little poem, entitled «* Quishy, 
or the Coal black Maid,” founded on a West 
Indian story, and full of the pathetic. ] 
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