The Life of Richard Bentley, D D

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XV. Account of Bentley's children? His intimate acquaintance ? Dr. Davies's devotion to him ? Second edition of Cicero's Tusculans ? Bentley's domestic habits ? Progress of his edition of the New Testament ? Assistance of Wetstein ? John Walker resides at Paris, collating manuscripts for Bentley ? Benedictines of St. Maur ? Ancient Italic version of the Scriptures ? Montfaucon ? Bentley's Proposals for publishing the New Testament ? His Specimen ? Middleton's Remarks on the Proposals ? Written in a disgraceful spirit ? Various persons suspected of having written the Remarks ? Bentley's reasons for thinking that Colbatch had supplied the materials? His reply ? Virulent abuse of Colbatch ? Colbatch seeks redress for the injury ? Bentley's Reply censured by the Heads ? Colbatch prosecutes the printer in the Vice-chancellor's Court ? Dr. Cross ? Middleton's Further Remarks on the Proposals ? Reported assistance by Ashton ? Letter by Philakthes ? Pearce's two Latin Epistles ? Dr. Smalbroke's Letter ? Mistaken opinion that Bentley's edition was stopped by Middleton's pamphlet ? Great extent of the subscription ? Fails in his attempt to import paper duty-free ? David Casley ? Middleton found Guilty of a Libel ? Kept in long suspense ? Change of Ministry ? Act of Grace ? The Chief Justice advises a settlement ? Middleton begs pardon of Bentley ? Pays the costs ? Made Principal Librarian of the University. Chap. The contentious topics, which have so long engaged mo our attenton, have allowed us no intermission to notice the habits of Dr. Bentley's private life, and circle of his family and intimate acquaintance. children. in regard to his progeny, he was eminently happy: his three children are described to have been every thing that the heart of a fond father could desire...