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in strong force ; he moved with agi- 

 lity, and the marks of age had 

 made little impression on his per- 

 son ; lie worked in his garden, he 

 read with eagerness, he talked 

 with his usual clearness and flu- 

 ency, and he abated in none of the 

 attentive politeness of the old 

 court. He joined in all social 

 circles, lived cheerfully and hospi- 

 tably, and betrayed none of the 

 peevishness of an octogenarian. 

 His person was that of a hale 

 man, of little more than sixty. 

 He had seen much of life, knew 

 its follies, and turned not with 

 stern repulsiveness from an ac- 

 quaintance or compliance with its 

 humours. In short, he had all the 

 polish, and all the agreeable know- 

 ledge, of a man of the world, ad- 

 ded to that of a ready and perfect 

 scholar. In his literary taste, he 

 was what some would deem too an- 

 tique ; and many would deem too 

 severe. Of the ancients, among 

 his prime favourites, was Horace ; 

 and of the moderns. Pope. He 

 seemed to prefer wit and acute 

 sense, to sentiment and fancy. 

 His politics were those of whig- 

 gism, perhaps a little extended 

 with the times. He feared des- 

 potism rather than anarchy ; and 

 corruption rather than licentious- 

 ness. He saw two extremes of 

 danger between which modern 

 governments were vibrating, and 

 leaned to the side of the people. 

 The stores of his understanding 

 were so abundant, and in such 

 constant exercise, that it was diffi- 

 cult to contend with him ; and his 

 very years, which had all the vene- 

 rabilily without any of the weak- 

 ness of age, added the imposing 

 advantage of high respect and awe. 

 Rank never dazzled him ; office 



and power he treated with indiffer- 

 ence ; and all the habits of his life 

 were guided by a calm and manly 

 independence. He was a master 

 of tlielaw (various and complex as 

 it is) which concerns the duty of a 

 country magistrate, and wielded all 

 its technicalities with astonishing 

 readiness and skill. On these sub- 

 jects he was firm, and sometimes, 

 perhaps, a little tenacious in his 

 opinions ; but it was very rarely 

 that he could be detected in an 

 error. His pen was continually 

 in his hand, and in the course of a 

 long life, he was the author of se- 

 veral pamphletsand political letters 

 of a temporary nature, which have 

 probably perished with the occa- 

 sion. He was a most aflectionate 

 husband, and a most fond and at- 

 tentive father; dedicating much of 

 his time to the instruction and ac- 

 complishment of his children ; and 

 applying his care and his fortune 

 to their gratification. In his death, 

 both they and his widow will ex- 

 perience an irreparable loss. 



DECEMBER. 



At Whitchurch, Edgeware, the 

 rev. Henry Poole, M. A. chaplain 

 to his royal highness the prince of 

 Wales, and formerly tutor to the 

 present lord Southampton and the 

 Fitzroy family, aged sixty-six. As 

 a scholar, few of the present day, 

 perhaps, could surpass him ; and as 

 a lover of truth, and of every vir- 

 tue which characterizes the exalted 

 Christian, he was eminently con- 

 spicuous. In the pulpit he inspired 

 reverential awe, and the plain, easy, 

 yet nervous style of his discourses, 

 never failed to make a due impres- 

 sion on the mind of his hearers, 

 and often awakened the feelings of 

 those who had hitherto lived in a 



