The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D. D, Vol. 1 of 7

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Excerpt from The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D. D, Vol. 1 of 7: With a Biographical Preface Vicesimus knox, D. D. Was born on the 8th of Decem ber, 1752, and was the only son of the rev.vicesimus Knox, L. L. B. A Fellow of St John's College, Oxford afterwards a master of Merchant Taylors' School, and lastly head master of Tunbridge School. His father educated him privately at home until the age of fourteen, when, in consequence of his urgent entrea ties to be placed at a public School, he entered Merchant Taylors' in a high class, under the Rev. James Townley. This gentleman possessed great urbanity, which recommended him to the friendship of Garrick. Although not a profound scholar, yet he was dis tinguished by a refined literary taste, which he was remarkably successful in imparting among his pupils. Dr. Knox spoke of him with gratitude, attributing, in no small degree, his own studious habits, while others of his age were wholly addicted to tri¿ing amusements, to the ¿attering but judicious encouragement he received from his master. His exercises were publicly read in the school, as models of excellence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.