Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway : comprehending an abstract of his travels in Russia, and Persia; a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him; several anecdotes, and an attempt to delineate his character / By John Pugh.

Pugh, John.

Date:: 1798

Credit: Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway : comprehending an abstract of his travels in Russia, and Persia; a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him; several anecdotes, and an attempt to delineate his character / By John Pugh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[ lyS ] ftruction of their auditors, thofe common ideas which it is not potTible could efcape them} and think loudnefs, and the gefli- culation of unnecetTary warmth, can fup- ply the place of argument and politenefs. He fpoke better in public than was to be expcAcd of one who wrote fo much, and kept pointedly to his fubje(51:; though he was fometimes feduced into an eulogium on the ufefulnefs of the merchant^ a cha- racffer for which he entertained great re- ference. Although he himfelf never drank wine undiluted with water, he partook willingly of the joys of the table, and that felicity of converfation, which a-moderate appli- cation to the bottle excites among men of parts; but he knew the juft value of this conviviality, and how apt the love of com- pany is to infatuate young people. Mr. Hanway, although never married himfelf, was yet an advocate for marriage, and recommended it to all young people. He thought it the. moft effectual reftraint on licentioufnefs j and that an increafe of uuhappinefs

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