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saw him officiating only occasionally or transiently 

 in the churches of a city where his fine powers, his 

 Christian zeal, and his public spirit ought to have 

 secured for him whatever station of ecclesiastical 

 eminence the city had to bestow. About 1828, 

 being then somewhat past the middle period of life, 

 he graduated as M.D. in the University of Oxford. 

 He left sons who are now fulfilling what I ventured 

 to predict of them six-and-twenty years ago, able, 

 useful, and honourable men in the higher walks of 

 active life, worthy descendants of those of whom I 

 have spoken. 



Dr. Parry left two sons, both living : Sir Edward 

 Parry, the younger son, the famous Arctic navigator, 

 and Dr. Charles Parry, the editor of his father's 

 posthumous remains ; the author, also, of that valu- 

 able work The Parliaments and Councils of England, 

 chronologically arranged, from the Reign of William I. 

 to the Revolution in 1688. 8vo. 1839. I have de- 

 parted a little from my design in the notice of this 

 volume, because it appears to be far less known than 

 it ought to be, as a compendious and most accurate 

 digest of the history of Parliament, indispensable to 

 the inquirers into Parliamentary history, and highly 

 useful to the critical student in English history in 

 general. 



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