Genre:

Obituary, Serial

Subjects:

Providence, Miracles, Anthropocentrism, Microbiology, Astronomy, Theology of Nature, Piety

    The writer observes that the 'most striking instances of the care of a particular Providence are furnished in the history of individuals'. Continues: 'That the world is not abandoned to the sport of a blind chance, or governed by a mere mechanical agency, but by the immediate and constant interposition of the Divine Being, and that his peculiar attentions are devoted to his own people, are truths supported by powerful evidence'. Denies any objection to this based on 'our comparative insignificancy', for the omnipresent God 'can with the same ease superintend "the excursions of an Archangel and the flutterings of a bee"; wheel the planets on their orbits, and direct the smallest corpuscle of blood that flits through the minutest vein of the most insignificant animalcule'. (75)

Genre:

Obituary

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners, Piety

    Relates of her last illness: 'In her numerous conversations with her medical attendant, her observations and inquiries respecting many phenomena of health and disease, especially those relevant to her own particular case, were marked by great strength of mind, and original and bold conception; and she often took occasion to observe, that one class of the joys of the future state would be, the joy of knowledge; so that those apparent obscurities and mysteries which baffled the wisest would then be easily and delightfully explained' (83).

Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Mathematics, Language, Education

    Begins with observations relating to the grammatical writings of John Wallis Wallis, John (1616–1703) DSB
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Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Mollien 1824 Mollien, Gaspard Théodore, comte de 1824. Travels in the Republic of Colombia, in the Years 1822 and 1823, London: Charles Knight
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Subjects:

Exploration, Race, Degeneration

    Begins: 'The Colombians who inhabit the hot lands, are meagre; their complexion is very yellow; in general they are of small stature, and seldom well-made. The state of debility in which they languish, arises from the decay of the white races under the tropics, in proportion as the black blood, which is generally mixed with that of the Europeans, is impaired and disappears' (100).

Genre:

Letter, Travelogue

Subjects:

Ethnography, Magic, Universities, Libraries, Laboratories

    Describes the magical beliefs of the native American chief, 'King Philip Philip (properly Metacomet) (1638–76) CBD
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See also:

Richard Reece, 'A Third Letter from the Rev. Richard Reece, on the Subject of his Late Visit to America', Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, 3rd ser. 4 (1825), 46–50

Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

New York Observer New York Observer [and Religious Chronicle] (1823–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Discovery, Geology

Publications cited:

Clarksburg Intelligencer Clarksburg Intelligencer (1823–1826?) RLIN
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Genre:

Extract, Reportage

Publications extracted:

Edinburgh Philosophical Journal Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1819–26) Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1826–64) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity

People mentioned:

Dr Willigins Willigins, Dr (of Kirchberg) (fl. 1825) WM3/4/2d/8
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Genre:

Letter

Subjects:

Christianity, Statistics, Population

Publications cited:

Chalmers 1821–26 Chalmers, Thomas 1821–26. The Christian and Civic Economy of Large Towns, 3 vols, Glasgow: Chalmers & Collins
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See also:

[Arthur G Jewitt], 'The Wesleyan Methodist. (No. XVI.) Tables, Exhibiting the State and Progress of Methodism in Great Britain, Considered in Relation to the Whole Population; with Observations, Explanatory, and Practical. By the Rev. A. G. Jewitt', Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, 3rd ser. 3 (1824), 377–83

Genre:

Introduction; Extract, Travelogue

Publications extracted:

Lyon 1825 Lyon, George Francis 1825. A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay: Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the Year MDCCCXXIV, London: John Murray
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Subjects:

Exploration, Hydrography, Heroism, Ethnography, Language, Natural History

People mentioned:

William E Parry, Parry, Sir William Edward (1790–1855) ODNB
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Close   View the register entry >> George F Lyon Lyon, George Francis (1795–1832) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

HMS Griper HMS Griper
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