Memoir of the late Joseph Paice Esq / [James Gibson].

  • Gibson, James.
Date:
[1810]
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Credit: Memoir of the late Joseph Paice Esq / [James Gibson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    u fate, from which he alone appeared to a be exempt*” It was about four weeks pre¬ vious to his death, that I pafled almoft the whole day with him ; he was fitting at the win¬ dow enjoying the pafling fcene, and particularly adverted to the happinefs produced to fo many of his fellow creatures by the finenefs of the wea¬ ther, His ftrength was exceedingly reduced, and his fpirits unusually tender; but he was chearful and to a very high degree interesting* He told me he had nothing left unfaid or un~ done that he then wifiied to fay or to do : he represented in the molt impreffive lan¬ guage the sense he entertained of the kind- nefs of his friends in general, particularly of those in Mr, Gibson’s immediate family, and In a manner and in terms peculiar to himfelf ex¬ pressed his devout thankfulnefs to God, that he was thus blefsed in the rapid decline of life ; I took the liberty to intimate that all the attentions those friends could exercife towards him, would be confidered valuable or important in their es* timation, only as they administered to his com® fort, or conveyed their acknowledgments of much fuperior kindnefs on his part towards themj and requefted that I might be included in every fentiment of gratitude, and in every confciouf-