THE COURTIER'S, SOLDIER'S, SCHOLAR'S, EYE, TONGUE, SWORD ;-- SHAKSPEARE. QUEM DII IMMORTALES NASCI VOLUERUNT, UT ESSET IN VAL. MAXIMUS. RODI LONDON: PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS AND SON, RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET, July 6, MDCCCX. Malme B.316 The first sketch of this short Account of the late ever-to-be-lamented Mr. WINDHAM, appeared in the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, for June, 1810. It is now reprinted, with corrections and numerous additions. In its original form, from circumstances not necessary to be here recited, it was hastily composed, principally with a view to prevent the Publick's being misled by very erroneous statements, which had been circulated through various channels. The facts, however, it is believed, are perfectly accurate; but the characteristick description with which they are interwoven, is so inadequate to the feelings and conceptions of the Writer, and to the transcendent merits of the illustrious person whom it delineates, that it can only claim indulgence, as a tribute of the warmest admiration and most affectionate esteem, grounded on an intimate and uninterrupted friendship of near thirty years. NOT PUBLISHED, in this form. |