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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 Excerpt:... on Tythes, which brought upon him the resentment of some of the clergy, but at the fame time established his reputation and fame. In 1623, he was chosen by the town ofLancaster as their representative in parliament,in which he distinguished himself greatly in desence of the liberties of the people. But this bold conduct of his brought on him the vengeance of the ministry, and the Duke of Buckingham procured a warrant to send him to the tower; from which, however, he was soon discharged by writ of habeas corpus. During the civil wars he favoured the parliament, until he perceived them proceeding to such extremities, as he thought was destructive of the constitution. The murder of the king he detested, and reprobated in the severest terms, lie was, esteemed by every friend of religion, virtue, and learning j and dying in his chambers on the nth of November 1654, was buried in the T emple-church. William Collins, the celebrated lyric poet, was born in Chichester, on Christmas day, 1720, in the house now occupied by J. Seagrave, printer, &c. His father was a hatter, and served the office of mayor in 1721. In 1733 he was admitted scholar of Winchester college, where he continued seven years, under the care of Dr. Burton. In 1740, he stood first on the list of the scholars to be received in succession at New College j but unhappily there was no vacancy. This was the original misfortune of his lise. He became a commoner of Queen's College, probably with a scanty maintenance j but was in about half an year elected a demy of Magdalen College, where he continued till he had taken a bachelor's degree, and then suddenly left the University. During his residence at Oxford he was distinguished for genius and indolence. At Magdalen's he wrote the Ode to Sir T. Hanmer...