The manners of the ancient Israelites; containing an account of their peculiar customs, ceremonies, laws, etc. With a short account of the ancient and modern Samaritans / The whole much enlarged ... by A. Clarke.

  • Claude Fleury
Date:
1820
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Credit: The manners of the ancient Israelites; containing an account of their peculiar customs, ceremonies, laws, etc. With a short account of the ancient and modern Samaritans / The whole much enlarged ... by A. Clarke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “Compton, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1763. a ]vxr. Farneworth has left his poor sister in woeful cir» fciimstances, a very worthy gentlewoman in the decline of life, and of an infirm constitution. She will be so just to the cre- ditors as to give up all his effects to any one who will adminis- ter ; and depend upon Providence and the benevolence of her friends, and other charitable people,for her future subsistence* « I Was sorry Fleury*s useful little book was so unsuc- cessful : it was I that put it into his hands, both the original and the translation, (that had lain by me many years) in hopes that it would have raised him fifteen or twenty pounds ; know- ing that both he and his sisters, for then he had another living, were low at that time. Your very humble servant, To Mr. Rowyer. THOMAS BEDFORD.”* This is to be regretted, both on account of the editor, Mr. Farneworth, and on account of the public, who de* prived itself of one of the most useful manuals of the kind that ever proceeded from the press. Nor was it neglected in consequence of not being introduced to public attention ; for the monthly reviewers gave a very extensive notice of it, of no less than twelve pages, in their review for October, 1756. Vol. XV. p. 321. When I first thought of preparing a new edition of this work for the public, I intended to re-translate the original : but, on reading over the translation attributed to Mr. Farneworth, 1 was satisfied that a better one, on the whole, could scarcely be hoped for. In general the language is simple, pure, and elegant; and both the spi- rit and unction of the original are excellently preserved. I therefore made no scruple to adopt it; reserving to my* self the liberty to correct what I thought amiss, and to add such notes as I judged necessary to the fuller elucida- tion of the wrork. As some judicious friends thought the original work rather too concise, and hinted that several useful addi* »Se€ Nichols’ Anec. of the Eighteenth Century, Vol. II. p. 392.
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