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xvork referred to, with all'urances of a readinefs to do any- 

 thing in his power to ftem the torrent fetting in againll the 

 liberties of the country. 



Mr. Sharp's phm of reform recommended to the pubhc, 

 was founded on the earhelt principles and praftices of the 

 Britifh conUitution. He propofed to reftore the ancient 

 t'tlhings, hundreds, &c. ; and the whole body of the people 

 were to form a national militia, each thouland to conltitute 

 a regiment, the alderman or magittrate to be the colonel; 

 and each hundred to conftitute a company, the conltable of 

 each for the time being to be their captain. So many of 

 the thoufands to be fummoned once in every year, by their 

 magillrate, as would have a right to vote in their refpeftive 

 hundreds, before the couftable, in the choice of their part of 

 the reprelcntative legiflature. Mr. Sharp has ftiewji that 

 the divifion of tliis kingdom into tythings and hundreds was 

 inftituted by the immortal Alfred ; that fuch a divifion is 

 confiitent with the moll perfeft ftate of liberty that man is 

 capable of enjoying, and yet fully competent to anfwer all 

 the purpofes of mutual defence, to fecure the due execution 

 of the laws, and maintain public peace. 



Mr. Sharp was educated in the principles of the eila- 

 blinied church, and through life flicwed a warm attachment 

 to them. He always, even at the clofe of life, had a tho- 

 rough dread of Poperv, but was candid and liberal to Pro- 

 tellant didentero of all parties. His zeal for the eltabliflicd 

 religion of the country led him to recommend an epilcopal 

 church in America ; and he introduced the firll bidiops from 

 that country to the archbiihop of Canterbury for confe- 

 cration. 



Mr. Sharp died in July 1813, and like Cato, though ad- 

 vanced to the age of 79, lie purfued his lludies with all the 

 ardour of youth. He was an able linguill, deeply read in 

 theology, and was well acquainted with the fcriptures in the 

 original tongues. He was pious and devout, without 

 gloom, ilrictly moral and temperate, a great lover of mulic, 

 and cheerful in converfation. His fervices to humanity 

 were very dillinguiihed, and few perfons in private life have 

 deferved a higher or more honourable commemoration. 



As a writer, his pieces are very numerous. From thefe 

 wc learn that he was a believer in the dodlriiies as fet forth 

 in the articles of the church, as that of original fin, the ex- 

 iftence and operations of the devil on the human mind, and 

 of the Athanafian myftery of the Trinity. He alfo, from 

 ftudying the book of Revelation, fully expe6led tiie com- 

 mencement of the Millenium, or perfonal reign of Chrilt on 

 earth, in the fpring of iSii ; but he lived long enough to 

 fee his error. He poflefled a very cxtenhve library, in 

 which the theologian, lawyer, claltical fcholar, politician, 

 antiquary, and orientalill, might find almoll every thing of 

 which they could iland in need ; and his coUeition of bibles 

 was citecmed the bell in tlie kingdom. 



The princij)al works of Mr. Slurp, befides thofe already 

 mentioned, are *' Remarks on feveral very important Pro- 

 phecies ;" " Remarks on the Ufes of the definitive Article 

 in the Greek of the New Teftament, containing many new 

 Proofs of the Divinity of Chrilt," &c. Tliis occafioned 

 " Six Letters" to be addrelled to him, in vindication of his 

 theory ; and alfo " Six more Letters, &c." by Gregory 

 Blunt, efq., which is a work of great talent, profound 

 learning, and mallerly wit. It has long fince been out of 

 print, and the author is probably known only to two or 

 three perfons ; the defignatioii Bhint beiiig ailumed to con- 

 ceal the real name. Mr. Sharp's lalt work was entitled 

 " Remarks on the 68th Pfalm, addreficd to tiie Confidera- 

 tion of the Houfe of Ifrael." Monthly Mag. Gentle- 



man's Mag. Edin. Rev. Clarkfon's Hill, of the Abolition 

 of the Slave Trade. 



Sharp, Samuel, an able and diitinguillied fnrgeon in 

 the middle of the lall century, was a pupil of the celebrated 

 Chefelden, and afterwards iludied his profeffion with great 

 zeal at the hofpitals of Paris. He is faid to have com- 

 menced his profeflion rather late in life; neverthelefs, after 

 fettling in London, and obtaining an apj«ointment as fur- 

 geon of Guy's holpital, his genius and affiduity foon ob- 

 tained for him a high degree of celebrity, and extenfive 

 praftice. He was elefted a fellow of the Royal Society, 

 and a foreign member of the Academy of Surgery at Paris ; 

 and he contributed to the improvement of his art by two 

 valuable publications, which pafled through many editions, 

 and were tranflated into ieveral foreign languages. The 

 firll of thele was " A Treatife on the Operations of Sur- 

 gery, with a Dcfcription and Reprefcntation of the Inflru- 

 ments ; and an Introdudlion on the Nature and Treatment 

 of Wounds, Abfceffes, and Ulcers ;" firll printed in 1739. 

 Our edition, printed in 175 1, is the ilxth. The fecond 

 work was entitled " A critical Liquiry into the prefent 

 State of Surgery;" firll printed, we believe, in 1750. 

 Our edition of 1761 is the fourth. See Eloy Ditt. Hift. 

 de la Med., and Sharp's Works. 



Sharp, in Mujic, is a chromatic fign, marked thus, %(. ; 

 and elevates the note before which it is placed half a tone, 

 without changing its name or place on the ilafF. 



A fliarp on a line or Ipace, at the beginning of a move- 

 ment, affeiils all the notes of the fame name throughout the 

 piece, contradifted by a natural, ^. See Natukal. 



An accidental fharp affedls no note beyond the fingle bar 

 in which it occurs ; but it always, when accompanied by a 

 bafe or lower part, implies a new modulation, except in 

 minor keys, the (harp to the feventh of the key, which is a 

 thing of courfe. 



Ill the key of C * with a (harp third, there are feven 

 fliarps at the clef, which implies that every note in the Icale 

 is elevated a femitone above its ufual pitch. 



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111 this key, an accidental rtiarp is marked by a double 

 diarp X , ufualiy called a d'lefis, or enharmonic fliarp ; 

 which fee. 



Sharp the Bo'Ui-hnc, in Sea Languiige. 



Sharp Nnih. See Nail. 



SHARPE, Grugokv, in Biography, 

 was born in Yorkfhire in the year 1713. 

 education firll at Wellminlltr fchool,and afterwards at Ab?r- 

 dcen, undei- the learned lil.ickwr-ll. Upon his-entering orders 

 he became minittcr of St. Margaret's chapel, We'lmin- 

 iler ; after this, he was appointed chaplain to the king, and 

 mailer of the Temple. lie was alfo clefted a fellow of the 

 Royal and Antiquarian Societies; and died in 1771. He 

 united to great learning a talle for the fine arts, and etched 

 feveral plates in the edition of Dr. Hyde's Syntagma. His 

 own works are, I. A Review of the Controverfy about the 

 Meaning of the Demoniacs in the New Tedamcnt. 2. A 

 Defence of Dr. Clarke againll Leibnitz. 3. Two Did'er- 

 tations upon tlic Origin of Lang-tiages, and the Power 'if 

 I-ettcrs ; with a Hebrew I>exicon. 4. A Dilfertatiun on 

 the Origin and Strudlure of the Latin Language. 5. Two 

 Arguments in Defence of Clirillianitv. 6. Tranflation of 

 Holbcrg's Introdudion to Univerfal Hillory. 7. Sermons. 



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