Memoir of Richard Roberts Jones, of Aberdaron: in the county of Carnarvon, in North Wales; exhibiting a remarkable instance of a partial power and cultivation of intellect / [Anon. William Roscoe].

  • Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
Date:
1822
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoir of Richard Roberts Jones, of Aberdaron: in the county of Carnarvon, in North Wales; exhibiting a remarkable instance of a partial power and cultivation of intellect / [Anon. William Roscoe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he returned to the person who sent him, and com¬ plained loudly of the treatment he had received, and of his being put down under-ground. On being asked, why he had represented himself as a sawyer ? he replied, that he had never been em¬ ployed in any other kind of sawing than cross-cut¬ ting the branches of timber trees when fallen in the woods in Wales. As there appeared little prospect of instructing Richard in any useful occupation, he was left to pursue his studies, and was placed in a situation where he had an opportunity of making every proficiency of which the nature of his talents would admit. The person with whom he resided undertook to attend to his conduct, and in parti¬ cular to accustom him to habits of cleanliness; a duty which, as far as in her power, she strictly performed. He had not, however, continued here more than half a year, when he became restless and tired of his situation; and having frequently expressed a wish to return to his own country, he was furnished with a small sum of money, and again took his departure from Liverpool, carrying with him several books which had been given to him, amongst which were the Thesaurus Lingua Sanctce oj Sanctes Pagninus, the Grammatical Ara-