[PDF] Memoirs Of Dr Richard Gilpin And Of His Posterity In The Two Succeeding Generations Written In The Year 1791 Together With An Account Of The Author By Himself And A Pedigree Of The Gilpin Family Edited By William Jackson eBook

Author : William Jackson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780259561965

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Dr. Richard Gilpin, of Scaleby Castle in Cumberland: And of His Posterity in the Two Succeeding Generations; Written, in the Year 1791, by the Rev. Wm. Gilpin, Vicar of Boldre; Together With an Account of the Author, by Himself; And a Pedigree of the Gilpin Family Lord Lyndsay; but when closely compared, the distinctions are more patent than the resemblances. The former work is at once an Apology and a Eulogy, and the scene is that Of the Great World. The latter has some special points of similarity, for it was written for family perusal only, and its standpoint is Christian and instructive; but the Lyndsays are a family of historic renown, and their deeds have been performed on the World's Stage; whilst our Memoirs and Record are so domestic as to speak to the heart and understanding of every well-disposed Englishman, without that parade Of pious verbiage which renders so many books, carefully prepared, as it is thought, to do good, eminently distasteful to the general reader. Galton, in his work on Hereditary Genius, singular penetration, whilst adducing Bernard, George, Richard, and William Gilpin, as examples of the truth of his theory, expresses regret that he knows so little of the Family History, and feels assured that if his information were more extended, he should therein find additional illustrations Of its truth. 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.

Author : William Gilpin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108067164

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A physician and nonconformist minister who was active in the north of England, Richard Gilpin (1625-1700) was a popular preacher, leading large congregations, yet he faced opposition from Quakers and was ultimately unable to unite various dissenting factions. Including details about his descendants, the present work sets his story within the wider context of the Gilpin family history. First published in 1879, it was written in 1791 by fellow clergyman William Gilpin (1724-1804), an enlightened schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics. As well as covering his ancestors, William appends here his own life story, discussing his career as a teacher and his literary calling. He touches on his journeys during summer vacations when, with notebook and sketching materials, he would explore picturesque features of the British landscape. His volumes of Observations, based on these travels, are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Author : Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Bibliographical literature
ISBN : 9780806316642

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