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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

THE great human family speedily divided into branches
The surname of CLARKE originated from the office of clerk

The knowledge of letters not common in ancient times in Eng

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Withred, king of Kent, A. D. 700, signed a charter of Liberties with the sign of the Cross, because he could not write Henry the First, the only one of his family that could write BOLDON BOOK contains a Survey of the Bishoprick of Durham, in 1183

Adam, the Clerk, mentioned as tenant in it

Various instances of surnames in that and Domesday, de-
rived from offices and employments,

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Different kinds of names among the Romans
Difference between the prænomen, nomen, and cognomen
Ingenui among the Romans, the same as gentleman among
the English

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Family of CLARKE originally English

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Went over to Ireland in the seventeenth century, and settled
in the county of Antrim

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Matrimonial connexions

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Hugh Stuart Boyd, allied to the family of Clarke by mar-
riage, and still holds some of the estates

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Anecdote of William Clarke, great-great-grandfather of Adam

Clarke

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John Clarke, the great-grandfather, has 19 children,-18 sons

and 1 daughter

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Horseman Clarke died of hydrophobia in consequence of being spattered with the foam of a mad dog.

The Clarke family lost their estates, in consequence of the ab-
sence of a material witness in a trial at law (note)

JOHN CLARKE, father of Adam, takes his degree of M. A. at
Edinburgh and Glasgow

Enters as Sizer in Trinity College, Dublin, being intended
for the church

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His prospects in the church blighted by a premature mar

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Licensed as a public parish schoolmaster

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Marries Miss HANNAH MAC LEAN, descended from the Mac

Leans of Mull

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Feud between the Mac Leans and Mac Donalds

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Mr. JOHN CLARKE embarks for America, with the promise of a professorship in one of the new Universities there

Is prevented from sailing by his father

Gets into difficulties in consequence of breaking up his es-
tablishment

Settles in an obscure village in the county of Derry, called
Moybeg

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CONTENTS.

A catalogue of their books.

Works of imagination useful to young minds

Adam reads the Pilgrim's Progress

His reflections as a child upon the conduct of Christian in
the dungeon

More mature reflections

Becomes an enthusiastic admirer of the Trojan hero, Hec-
tor, from hearing his father recite portions of the Iliad
Is induced to attempt to obtain a knowledge of occult philo-
sophy

Forms an acquaintance with a company of travelling tinkers,
who profess to be adepts in magic

Is deterred from pursuing his magical studies, by reading
an answer to a question on that subject in the "Athe-
nian Oracle"

From the reports spread in the neighbourhood of his super-
natural powers, marauders are deterred from robbing
his father's premises

Receives the first taste for Oriental literature by reading the
Arabian Nights' Entertainments .

Derives great benefit from reading the adventures of Robin-
son Crusoe and Æsop's Fables

Manner in which the peasants of the North of Ireland spend
their winters' evenings

Strong impression made upon the memory of the hearer by the

relation of the Gaelic stories

Baptism of Fion ma cool, or Fingal, by St. Patrick.

Manners of the, Irish peasantry

Adam's MOTHER, a Presbyterian of the old puritanic school
Her method of reproving her children

An instance of the effect of her reproofs upon her son
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Her creed leads her to represent the Almighty rather as a
God of justice than a God of mercy

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She impresses on her family a great reverence for the Bible 74 Evening prayer taught by her to her children

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Morning prayer and Doxology

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Her manner of spending the Sabbath with her family

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Religious education of the family

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Mode of practising sacred music in the North of Ireland

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Various instances from sacred and profane history of the antiquity of this mode of singing

Not in use among the Irish Roman Catholics

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An account of the Caoinian or Irish howl

A. C. learns dancing.

Its evil effects upon him

His protest against this branch of education

Various projects for A. C.'s settlement in life

Has a very narrow escape for his life in consequence of a
fall from his horse

A. C. has another narrow escape from death by drowning
Conversation with Dr. Letsom on the subject
Sensations while under water, and on coming to life
A remarkable anecdote of an attempted robbery and murder
Unfortunate accident by an incautious use of fire-arms

Remarkable events attending the deaths of two brothers
General belief in fairies in that part of Ireland

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BOOK II.

Summary of religion

A. C.'s first religious instructors

He hears for the first time of the Methodists, through the
medium of a newspaper

Is induced to go to hear them by the prospect of deri-
ving amusement

Is struck by an observation of the preacher
Is induced to go to hear him again

Adam's parents approve of the Methodist doctrines

The preachers are invited to, and entertained in, their house
A. C. begins to feel an increasing attachment to religion
True religion makes no man slothful

A. C. is stirred up to greater diligence in prayer, by a conversation with Mr. Barber

He is dispirited by opinions of religious friends

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Determines to search the Scriptures for himself

He forms the Articles of his Creed from his own study of
the Sacred Writings, without referring to any human
creed or confession of faith

A. C. is taken by his mother to a class-meeting

Is taken notice of and encouraged by the leader
His mind becomes filled with doubts

An anecdote of the Caliph Aalee

A. C. is filled with doubts concerning the Atonement

This proceeds so far that he conceives himself guilty of
idolatry by praying in the name of Christ

Is delivered from this state of mind by earnest prayer
From his own feelings on this subject, he always thought it
his duty to caution others against the Arian and Soci-
nian errors

A. C., from his own experience on this occasion, forms his
opinion of the spurious doctrine of the Eternal Son-
ship of Christ

Arguments against this doctrine

Danger of young converts mingling with persons who are fond of doubtful disputations

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A. C.'s mental sufferings from the temporary perversion of his creed

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He has a strong desire to receive the Sacrament for the first
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nature of this Sacrament

Advice to communicants

Reflections on this

His preparations for that solemn ordinance

The clergyman much affected while giving him the bread
A. C.'s feelings during the ordinance, and his opinion of the

A. C. undergoes great spiritual anguish

Finds peace with God

Converses with Mr. Barber on the subject.

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