MEMOIRS OF DR. DARWIN. $7 



CHAPTER II. 



IT is now perhaps more than time to re- 

 fume the recollected circumftances of Dr. 

 Darwin's life. 



After Dr. Small and Mr. Michell va- 

 nilhed from the earth, and Mr. Day and 

 Mr. Edgeworth, in the year 1772, left the 

 Darwinian fphere, the prefent fir Brooke 

 Boothby became an occafional inhabitant 

 of Lichfield ; fought, on every poffibility, 

 the converfation of Dr. Darwin, and ob- 

 tained his lafting friendfhip. Sir Brooke 

 had not lefs poetic fancy than Mr. Day, 

 and even more external elegance than 

 Mr. Edgeworth pofleffed when he won 

 Honora's heart; elegance, which time, its 



general 



