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Title:  Poems: by the late George-Monck Berkeley, Esq. ... With a preface by the editor, consisting of some anecdotes of Mr. Monck Berkeley and several of his friends.
Author: Berkeley, George Monck, 1763-1793.
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The Dean looked about as éveillé as usual, stroked his head, and asked him how he liked school, and some other questions generally put to children. In the afternoon he told him to stand by him at the card-table; and when the time arrived for Charles to make his bow and return to Dr. Beauvoir's, the Dean, who had won about a guinea, generously presented poor dear Charles with two and sixpence; for which he made one of his graceful French bows, and re∣tired. They never met again, until they met in the regions of departed spirits. Some persons have even doubted whether poor Thurlow could be found worthy of a place to behold the glory of the "ANGEL of the Church of Durham." The resemblance in face and person of Mr. Thurlow to the Bi∣shop was remarkably striking to all the company, allowing only that the tempers and dispositions of his mind were entirely Lynch and Wake, which threw a look of benevo∣lence into his features and countenance, which did not ap∣pear in the Bishop's.About the year 1786 there died at Canterbury a very excellent young man, an old school-fellow of Mr. Berkeley's, Mr. George Hasted, son of the Author of the History of Kent. On Mr. Berkeley's arrival, in vacation-time, Mrs. Berkeley asked her Son "if he was not afflicted at the death of his old intimate, George Hasted?" He replied, "I was very sorry for the death of so very worthy a young man; but, my dear Mother, he was never an intimate 0