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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



saw, for the first time, Anna Ma- 

 ria, the eldest ddiio;liter ot Dr. 

 Shipley, then dean of Winchester: 

 but whatever impressions h. r person 

 and conversation made upon the 

 heart of Mr. Jones, his fixed ideas 

 of an honourable ind periloncv, and 

 a determined resolution n t t to owe 

 his fortune to a wife oi- her kin- 

 dred, e\clud.^d all ideas of a matri- 

 monial connexion In different cir- 

 cumstances he might perhaps have 

 then solicited an alliance, which he 

 afterwards courted and obtained. 



The family ot Lord Spencer re- 

 moved late in autumn to London ; 

 and Mr. Jones, with his usual avi- 

 dity to acquire (he accomplishn;ents 

 of a gentk'inaii, as well as those of 

 a scholar, privately arrangi d a plan 

 with Galliui, who attended the 

 younger part of the family, for re- 

 ceiving instructions from him in 

 dancing: at the same time he conti- 

 nued his morning attendance, with- 

 out intermission, at the two scliools 

 of Angelo, with whose manners he 

 was extremely pleasfd. Before he 

 left London, he had an opportunity, 

 which he did not ncgiett, of learn- 

 ing the use of the broad-'-word from 

 an old pensioner at Chelsea, who 

 had been active, as his scars proved, 

 in many engagements, and whose 

 narrative propensity frequently a- 

 ijiuSvd him. 



The acquisition of his new ac- 

 complishment, by Gallini's assist- 

 ance', had been made with secresy ; 

 and the display of it enabled him to 

 participate with much satisfaction, 

 in the evening amusements at Al- 

 thorpe, where he passed the Minter 

 wkh his pupil. But his greatest de- 

 light was furnished by an excellent 

 library, in which he found intellec- 

 tual treasures of the highest value in 

 his estimation; scarcely a single 



book cFoped his attention; and 

 some of the most raje he perused 

 wiih indefatioable application. It 

 was at this period, in the 2lst year 

 of his age, that he began his com- 

 nKni3iie.> on Asiatic po try, in imi, 

 tation of Dr. Lowth's prelections at 

 Oxford, on the sacred poetry of the 

 Hebrews. 



The summer of 1767 opened a 

 new scene to him : the indisposition 

 of lord Spencer rendered a journey 

 to Spa adviseable for the restoration 

 of his health, and Mr. Jones at- 

 tended the fumil) : but his residence 

 on the continent was too short to 

 gratify his ci;riosity. At Spa he re- 

 mained only three weeks, part of 

 which he dedicated to the lessons of 

 Janson, of Aix-la-Chapeile, a most 

 incomparable daucing-mnster, and 

 part to the acquisition of the Ger- 

 man language, in which he so far 

 succeeded, as to be able to read 

 Gessncr with delight, assisted onlv 

 by an excellent German Grammar 

 and Dictionary ; the pronunciation 

 he had formerly learnt from a fel- 

 low-collegian, who had passed some 

 years at Brunswick. He would 

 gladly have availed himself of the 

 instruction of a German master ; but 

 none was to be found at Spa, and 

 his finances were unequal to the ex- 

 pence of procuring that assistance 

 from Aix-la-Chapelle. Notwith, 

 standing these occupations, he found 

 leisure to participate in all the 

 amusements of the place. 



In the winter of 1767 Mr. Jones 

 resided with his pupil at Althorpe: 

 here his excursions into the regions 

 of literature were unlimited, and as 

 his application was directed with his 

 usual perseverance, he nearly com- 

 pleted bis commentaries, transcribed 

 an Arabic manuscript on Egypt and 

 the Nilcj borrowed from Dr. Rus- 

 sell, 



