Nugae canorae; or, epitaphian mementos (in stone-cutters' verse) of the Medici family of modern times / By Unus Quorum [pseud.] [i.e. W. Wadd].

  • Wadd, William, 1776-1829.
Date:
1827
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Credit: Nugae canorae; or, epitaphian mementos (in stone-cutters' verse) of the Medici family of modern times / By Unus Quorum [pseud.] [i.e. W. Wadd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fait un présent de la mort.—No man, perhaps, ever followed the career of Physic, and the elegant paths of the Greek or Roman Muses, for the space of several years, with more success than Sir George Baker; the proofs of which may be seen in his published and unpublished works, the splendour of his fortune, the esteem, respect, and admiration of his contemporaries. II. J. DE CASTRO SARMENTO, M.D. Would you know what religion he had, Be his character thus understood, A Dissenter from all that is bad, A Consenter to all that is good. Conversion, in a religious sense, is a reformation of the heart, with regard to the morals, passions, desires, and pursuits, and is generally understood as the change from one sect of religion to another, each sect pronouncing itself to be the only right one. ‘The Jews are a race of people very difficult of conversion ; and it is said, that the society now existing for this purpose have, with considerable effort, christianised two or three vagabond Jew boys only, at the calculated expence of about £10,000 for each convert! So that it is a more expensive business than formerly ; as we find, in Rymer’s ‘ Foedera,” an account of Elizabeth, the daughter of Rabbi Moses, who was allowed two