Excerpt from Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff In 1769, I preached an Assize Sermon at Cambridge, and was desired by the Judge to publish it. This being the first of my publications, (for 'my Metallurgic Institutes were not published, ) I dedicated it to the only person to whom I owed any obligation; Mr. 'luther. I made it a rule never to dedicate to those from whom I expected favours, but to those only from whom I had received them. The dedication of my Collection of Theological Tracts to the Queen did not come under either of these descrip tions; it proceeded from the Opinion I then entertained of her merit, as a wife and a mother. At the time this sermon was preached, government was greatly relaxed; and-mobs, which I ever detested, thinking senseless popularity beneath the notice of genuine Whiggism, were very rife in favour of Mr. Wilkes. But though I disliked Mr. Wilkes's mobs, I did not dislike his cause, judging that the constitution was violated in the treatment he received beth from the King's ministers, and the House of Com mons. His case not only made a great noise at home, but was much bruited abroad; in cloisters, as well as in courts; amongst monks, as well as politicians. I happened to be at Paris about that time; and the only question which I was aske a Carthuf sian monk, who showed me his monastery, was, er Mon sieur Vilkes, or the King, had got the better. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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