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i. He did not even get a knighthood from his 

 patron. In lsl6 he wan made a Hanoverian 

 iglr Prince Regent; traders, slave-holder*, 



yed men of all diains were raiaed to the peerage, 

 brain power waa then leas esteemed for the bestowal 

 worldly rank. 



Before the tube waa fitted with the great mirror, 

 vim torn who flocked to a*e William 

 lui'I the curiosity to walk through it. 

 hem waa the King. Clone behin<l him waa 

 the Archbiahop of Cant* 



to proceed, till the King turn'l to givi- him his hand, 

 Come, my Lord Bishop, I will show you th< 



An from Mr. Herachcl to walk through 



the tube, an it lay on the ground, was not uncommon 

 Alias Burney and the party she was with accepted the 

 M me quite upright," she says, "and 

 the least inconvenience; so would it have 

 done had I been dressed in feathers and a bell hoop 

 rence. Mr. Smelt led the way, 

 walking also upright ; and my father followed. A 

 we were gone, the Bishop [of Worcester] and Dr. 

 Douglas were tempted, for its < TO make th<- 



same promenade. ! rch was not 



disposed, in those days at least, to look Heaven in the 

 bee. 



He the greater tube of Lord Roese's telescope 



was lying in readiness to receive its greater mirror, 



visitors were also in the habit of walking through 



Uy years later. The Dean of Ely, a well-known 



mathematician, and a man of more than the common 



