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Benjamin Newton
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n/a : The Morning Chronicle
'The following written by Dr Worthington appeared in the Morning Chronicle. Epistle from Tom Cribb to Big Ben concerning some foul play in a late transaction. [transcribes verse] "what, Ben, my big hero!..."'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
John Hobhouse : The substance of some letters
'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of Wellington said to be written by B.Constant 'un heros froid et mediocre [...]' I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his abuse of the Bourbons is not worth answering; if it were true its unaltered violence defeats its own malignity. The publication of the Bodleian and Ashmolean letters are very amusing in three volumes.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
anon : Letters written by an eminent persons in the seventeenth century
'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his abuse of the Bourbons is not worth answering; if it were true its unaltered violence defeats its own malignity. The publication of the Bodleian and Ashmolean letters are very amusing in three volumes.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Henry Kett : The flowers of wit, or a choice collection of bon
'Drove out to Ledbury with Commeline, Ann, C, and M.N Junior [...]Having read Kitt's [NB Kett's] Flowers of Wit I pronounce them to be mere daisies. Everywhere there are anachronisms and tales so silly that it is surprising a man of any literary repute would set his name to them.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Shuckford : The sacred and profane history of the world
'Read Shuckfords Connections, Galt's Life of West. The former is a work of a man of great learning and little judgement.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Galt : [Life of West] the life and studies of Benjamin West
'Read [...] Galt's Life of West [...]is recorded one of the noblest instances of religious userality in a Quaker that I ever met with of any sect, the speech of John Williamson delivered in a meeting house at Springfield in America [quotes at length]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Clarke : A demonstration of the being and attributes of God
'Very much struck at the unpreachable style of Clarke on the attributes, his logical and metaphysical views, his answers to Lucretius, Hobbesand spinoza. what a difference times and place create, were I to treat my congregation with the productions of this great writer, in three Sundays I should scarce expect half a dozen hearers, not six swine to devour his pearls'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
John Tweddell : Edinburgh Review
'In the review of Tweddell's Remains where it is said that out of religious motives he refrained from animal food.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Serial / periodical
n/a : Edinburgh Review
'The poorest review of any book that I have yet met in the Edinburgh is that of Goethe.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Serial / periodical
Ennio Visconti : A letter from the chevalier Antonio Canova
'Read Wilkins and Visconti on the Elgin marbles. Wilkins' assertions that Visconti does not think the relievos on the frieze and the metopes to be the work of Phillias not correct [...]'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Rev. Benjamin Newton
Henry Ryder : A charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese
'Read bishop of Gloucester's Charge which I think excellent for its devotion, its liberality, its style and manner and think no harm would arrive to the church were all the bishops such Methodists as he appears in his charge.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Rev. Benjamin Newton
William Bingley : Useful knowledge or a familiar and explanatory account
'Read Bingley's useful knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Rev. Benjamin Newton
n/a : [newspapers?]
'An account in the papers of Mrs W. Long being married to Rich the Rope dancer, old Billy Long was a fine contrast to him.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
Thomas Pyle : [sermons?]
'Read Bingley's Useful Knowledge, Jocular Tenures, Pyle, much interrupted by Justice business'.
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton
n/a : [advertisement]
'Went hunting [...] saw Mr Claridge's advertisement for the sale of 11, 695 trees of which 5241 were oaks.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Advertisement
n/a : [Local newspaper]
'Saw today in the paper that Philip's Norton was given to Mr Warner'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
John Kidd : A Geological essay on the Imperfect Evidence
'Read Kidd's Geological Essay and an account of 10 years residence in Tripoli. Kidd's a very bad embarresed [sic] style. Account of Tripoli; amusing enough. [Lists other readings]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
George Woods : An account of the past and present state of the Isle of Man
'I read Wood's Isle of Man because I knew nothing of it and he has said little from there being very little to say'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
James Dallaway : Of Statuary and Sculpture among the Antients
'Dallaway on sculpture is very slovenly from the little pains he takes to be clear. It is very difficult to know what antecedent word he refers to. His book suggests two things [...] I will endeavour to make out a statuary tour and insert it in my journal.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
William Warden : Letters written on board [...]in which the conduct
'Read Warden's account of Buonuparte [sic]. Whether or not W wrote this account with a view to influence his readers in favour of Buonaparte I know not but I think there are few people who will not think rather better of napoleon after reading it than before.[continues on subject at length]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
George Woods : An account of the past and present state of the Isle of Man
'Wood's account of the Isle of Man details some laws for the regulation of servants [...] which prevailed till 1777, so absurd as scarcely to be credible if they had not been inscribed in their statute book. Read Lord Chesterfields [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Philip Dorner Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield : Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son
'Read Lord Chesterfield's letters to his gidson in which I see nothing to admire but the gentle-manly style, but his lax morality is shocking to every serious thinking man.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Clarke : A demonstration of the being attributes of God
'[Attended] the Agricultural Committee in Ripon. Read Clarke, the first volume, and Burder's Illustration of Scripture, one volume'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Burder : Oriental Customs:or an illustration of the sacred
'Finished second volume of Burder. Began Gibbon's account of his own life.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : [newspaper]
'Account in paper of persons sent to tower for high treason.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
n/a : [newspaper]
'Read the report of the secret committee setting forth the treasonable attempts to overthrow the government and divide all the property.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
Samuel Burder : Oriental Customs: or an illustration of the sacred
'[Attended] the Agricultural Committee in Ripon. Read Clarke, the first volume, and Burders Illustration of Scripture, one volume.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Edward Gibbon : Miscellaneous works...with memoirs of his life
'Began Gibbon's account of his life; I think he is but a bad biographer having given little amiability to his own character, which is not increased by his noble commentator. [John Holroyd, Lord Sheffield]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Edward Gibbon : Miscellaneous works...with memoirs of his life
'I have now finished the morceau so highly reccomended by my nephew, the account of Gibbon's life and writings by himself and confess myself greatly disappointed, not indeed in the style which is like himself in the history, but I am disappointed in not being able to discover one single amiable trait. [continues at length]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Edward Gibbon : Miscellaneous works...with memoirs of his life
'An account of a Bill having past for the suspension of the habeas Corpus Act [...] I cannot refrain from quoting from one of Gibbons letters to Lord Sheffield in 1792 [quotes]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Benjamin Franklen : The private correspondence
'In reading Franklin's correspondence, it is impossible not to be entertained by his lively style and I think not to be convinced that he did all in his power to prevent the rupture of Great Britain and the colonies, but I am astonished that the printer of it and the publisher have not been prosecuted for a libel.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Clarke : [unknown]
'Read Clarke and Madame La Roche Jaqueline'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Charles Montholon : Bonaparte's memorial in a letter
'Read Buonaparte's Memorial to Sir Hudson Lowe, a poor performance and utterly unworthy his fallen greatness'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Thomas Gray : The Bard: A pindaric ode
'I once parodied Gray's Bard without intending the least disrespect for that fine ode.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton
n/a : 'The newspapers'
'Ripon Ball [...] The papers full of the trial of and acquital of Hone who defended himself very ingeniously on his being indicted ex officio by the Atorney General for a libel on the Book of Common Prayer [Discusses parody] I once parodied Gray's Bard without intending the least disrespect to that fine ode.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
John Taylor : Junius identified or the identity of Junius
'After reading Junius identified with a living character I am pretty well satisfied that Sir P. Francis was the man.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : [newspaper]
'After having read the accounts of the trial of the Glasgow Moters as managed by the Lord Advocate [...] I think a more disgraceful satin was never affixed to the character of any lawyer and the four worthies of the day ought to descend united in infamy to posterity.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
William Paley : Evidences of Christianity
'Too hoarse to do duty [at church] Read Paley's Evidences'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Robert Walpole : Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey
'Read Walpole's Turkey and M'Cleod's Voyage of the Alceste to China'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
: bible
'Bedale Club, dined - ordered M'cleod's journal of the Alceste. Dispute at club as to spelling of experience. No one but Mr Monson and I supported the above mode but both universities print it so in last Bibles.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
William Hutton : The life of William Hutton
'Having read Hutton's life of himself which afforded me much amusement I mean to get a book and attempt something of the kind though aware I have not his memory, industry or energy. It may gratify [...] those who love me, to peruse it as it will be true if nothing else.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
John Macleod : Narrative of a voyage in his majesty's late ship A
'Read Walpoe's Turkey amd M'Cleod's Voyage of the Alceste to China.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton
Thomas Chalmers : A series of discourses on the Christian recelation
'Having lately read Chalmers Sermons on Astronomy in which he has expressed the highest admiration and respect for I. Newton's modest and firm faith in christianity.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton
John Macleod : Voyage of the Alceste
'Read M'cleod's Voyage of the Alceste, his account of the Island of Lewchew is an account of the most amiable pagans I ever read of N.B. little or nothing is said of the females.'
UnknownCentury: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton
grandfather of Benjamin Newton : [sermon]
'Transcribed and altered a sermon of my grandfather's on the text "And if I be lifted up will draw all men to me" [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Manuscript: Sheet
Vasily Golovnin : Narrative of my captivity in Japan
'Read Golownins captivity in Japan, well told but he was a silly man, suspicious yet not cautious. Read Rob Roy.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Walter Scott : Rob Roy: By the author of Waverley
'Read Golownins Captivity in Japan, well told but he was a silly man, suspicious yet not cautious. Read Rob Roy.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Pegge : Anecdotes of the English language
'Snow and rain all day. Read Pegge on the English language, Sir J.Sinclair's Code of Agriculture, proceeded with notes on Bede. Mr Cline in his paper on breeding is quite decided that [...]but Mr Colling [...] is not of that opinion. [NB Henry Cline - on the form of animals]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Sir John Sinclair : The Code of Agriculture
'Snow and rain all day. Read Pegge on the English language, Sir J. Sinclair's Code of Agriculture, proceeded with notes on Bede. Mr Cline in his paper on breeding is quite decided that [...] but Mr Colling [...] is not of thatopinion. [NB Henry Cline - on the form of animals]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Bede : [The Ecclesiastical History]
'Snow and rain all day. Read Pegge on the English language, Sir J. Sinclair's Code of Agriculture, proceeded with notes on Bede. Mr Cline in his paper on breeding is quite decided that [...] but Mr Colling [...]is not of that opinion [NB henry Cline - on the form of animals]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Samuel Clarke : [unknown]
'Read Vth and VIth vol. of Clarke, admired his account of pyramids, catacombs and hatching of chickens [...]His supposition [...] that the Soros in the Chamber of the Great Pyramid might contain the body of Joseph delighted me much.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
John Curwen : Observations on the State of Ireland
'Finished Curwen's letters, I have recorded my opinion of the style, the commonplace of the abuse of tithes pervades the work tho' he fails more than most of the advocates for their abolition.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Thomas Gisborne : The Testimony of Natural Theology
'Wrote part of a sermon from Gisborne's Natural Theology'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Thomas Gisborne : The Testimony of Natural Theology
'I have also read Gisbourne's natural theology. The design and matter of the work are excellent but it is exceedingly deficient in that plainess and persipicuity in which an argument of so very popular a description should be pressed on the attention of common readers [... ] there is an imitation of Paley's manner of putting an argument but the manner very inferior [to]Paley.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
[Von Buch] : [a tour in Denmark]
'Began reading a Tour in Denmarkby Von Buch translated by Black with geological and mineralogical notes by Professor Jamieson [comments on contents]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Richard Watson : Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson [...] writ
'Bedale club. Sat next to Dr Scott who told wonderful stories of the effect which Bell's Mode of Education had caused at the charterhouse. [...] Some of Watson's life which I brought from Bedale.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
[Erskine or T.E.] : Armata, a Fragment
'Read Armata, said to be Lord Erskine's, very unworthy of his name 'tho his politics are displayed which are pretty nearly my opinions and I should therefore be more inclined to judge favourably. The allegory [...] is not well kept up, but degennerates into matter of fact [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
[Von Buch] : [A Tour in Denmark]
'Another of Von Buch's Miraculous Tales. On the coast of Norway are many rocks [...] This is the nineteenth hot day without any rain voila Mr Buch once more. At Skey eagles are much dreaded [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
[Von Buch] : [A Tour in Denmark]
'Von Buch says that it is only lately that the Holy Sacrament has been better understood by the Laplanders [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
William Derham : Physio Theology or a Demonstartion of the being
'Proceeded with Denham's "Physico-Theology". Read Hurd's sermon on "Every soul shall be salted with fire", an odd mode of preaching, he seems to give two guesses at the meaning of the passage and tells his audience they may take which they like.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : n/a
'Saw the names of three old acquaintances written with a diamond on the window of our sitting room, viz, Mrs Rewe, Mrs Price, Miss S.Hatton, Sep.1793'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Manuscript: Graffito
Marco Polo : The Travels of Marco Polo
'Read Marco Polo's Travels which are amusing enough though containing a pretty large collection of absurdities [...]'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Marco Polo : The Travels of Marco Polo
'Finished Marco Polo, a very curious book for the time in which it was written, wonderfully accurate in the account of the people bating his miracles [...] which was the fault of his age rather than himself.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Richard Hurd : Sermons [sermons preached at Lincolns Inn]
'Proceeded with Denham's "Physico-Theology". Read Hurd's sermon on "Every soul shall be salted with fire", an odd mode of preaching he seems to give two guesses at the meaning of the passage and tells his audience they may take which they like'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : St. James' Chronicle
'Bad account of the Queen in today's St. James' Chronicle'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
n/a : The Courier
'Saw a very bad account of the Queen today in the Courier at Camp Hill.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
William Derham : Physico Theology: or a Demonstration of the being
'Finished Derham's "Physico Theology" and read Campbell's narrative of a voyage round the world'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Archibald Campbell : A Voyage Round the World, from 1806-1812
'Finished Derham's "Physico Theology" and read Campbell's narrative of a Voyage round the world'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Juvenal : Satires
'Read the 13th satyr of juvenal with J. Fendall as he is to be lectured on it the first term at Trinity Hall'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
John Chetwode Eustace : A [classical] tour through Italy
'Read Eustace's tour and think he is the best dissenter I have met with, rather prolix about churches, especially such as have nothing extraordinary about them.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
Walter Scott : Tales of my Landlord or Black Dwarf and old Mortal
'Finished the last "Tales of My Landlord" of which the fourth volume is the worst. I think Walter Scott has the peculiar art of growing worse and worse yet preserving his popularity. One poem after another was worse than the former; just so his tales and every volume of every tale continues in a similar climax of deterioration.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : St James' Chronicle
'Saw the death of Sir S. Romilly by his own hand in a feverish frenzy in the "St James' Chronicle" this morning, in consequence of the loss of his wife.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
James Hingston Tuckey : Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Za
'Read Tuckey's Voyage to the Congo or Zaire, seems to have brought on the mortality that precailed in his crew by sleeping too much in the open air, by the quantity of women eveywhere offered them and too great fatigue.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Book
n/a : St. James' Chronicle
'The thermometer never being above 80 or under 69 and the "St James' Chronicle" says today that while British troops were storming a fort in the E Indies the thermometer was 145. There is a letter of J.Hobhouse's [...] to the editor which does him more credit than all his other writings.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Rev Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
n/a : [newspapers]
'the papers announce the death of the King of Wurtemberg'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : The Morning Chronicle
'The "Morning Chronicle" says the troops are to be withdrawn from France.'
