AboutthisperiodhewasofferedalivingofconsiderablevalueinLincolnshire，ifhewereinclinedtoenterintoholyorders。ItwasarectoryinthegiftofMr。Langton，thefatherofhismuchvaluedfriend。Buthedidnotacceptofit；partlyIbelievefromaconscientiousmotive，beingpersuadedthathistemperandhabitsrenderedhimunfitforthatassiduousandfamiliarinstructionofthevulgarandignorantwhichheheldtobeanessentialdutyinaclergyman；andpartlybecausehisloveofaLondonlifewassostrong，thathewouldhavethoughthimselfanexileinanyotherplace，particularlyifresidinginthecountry。Whoeverwouldwishtoseehisthoughtsuponthatsubjectdisplayedintheirfullforce，mayperuseTheAdventurer，Number126。
1757：AETAT。48。]——MR。BURNEYhavingenclosedtohimanextractfromthereviewofhisDictionaryintheBibliothequedesSavans，andalistofsubscriberstohisShakspeare，whichMr。BurneyhadprocuredinNorfolk，hewrotethefollowinganswer：
’TOMR。BURNEY，INLYNNE，NORFOLK。
’SIR，——ThatImayshewmyselfsensibleofyourfavours，andnotcommitthesamefaultasecondtime，ImakehastetoanswertheletterwhichIreceivedthismorning。Thetruthis，theotherlikewisewasreceived，andIwroteananswer；butbeingdesiroustotransmityousomeproposalsandreceipts，IwaitedtillIcouldfindaconvenientconveyance，anddaywaspassedafterday，tillotherthingsdroveitfrommythoughts；yetnotso，butthatI
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