Dr. William Hawes.

Date:
[1800]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dr. William Hawes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    > / of parliamentary debates and most subjects of do- rnestic and foreign policy. His Lordship has on every occasion, dunpgithe last eight years, stepped forward with particular zeal, and in'the upper House has usually been considered as the echo and agent ot the Minister. He is unquestionably a very able representative of Mr. Pitt, but his eloquence has been considered as more declamatory than argumentative, and more pas- siopate.-and noisy than conciliatory and persuasive. ——so®—.— 2- ■ V- ' ' > Dll. WILLIAM HAWES. The tear to wipe, to check the sigh. To watch ihe pangs of Sorrow’s bed, Hygeia’s genial halm supply. And pillow’d Care with roses spread : The tenant sits of transient clay, Who cheers a fellow-pilgrim’s way; Bids Comfort’s scene his hour attend, With Brother, Father, Wife and Friend. Ode by E. B. Green, Esq. WIJILE the eye alternately traces, in the biogra- phic page, memoirs of heroes, statesmen, poets and divines, it is with pleasure we now present to the contemplative mind, the modest but forcible claims of an eminent philanthropist. It is our duty to record worth ; and though the task may be sometimes delicate, yet that impartial zeal which characterizes our pages, while it has ob- viated censure, has secured us approbation, E e 3 On