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Nugae Literariae Prose and Verse
1841LTH16-E-7London: Hamilton Adams and Co et al 1841. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. A fascinating collection of writings from a devout and passionate character. Includes essays prose and poems on subjects from religion to the olympic games to craniology to Shakespeare. Richard Winter Hamilton 17941848 was a Congregational minister. A pious youth in 1810 he entered Hoxton Academy to study for the ministry. He began to preach early and when only nineteen delivered the anniversary oration at the Hoxton College chapel. In January 1815 he was chosen to be minister of Albion Independent Chapel Leeds where he became a popular preacher. Hamilton's sermons on French protestants 1816 and the death of Princess Charlotte 1817 attracted a good deal of attention. He was an original member and sometime president of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society established 1821 to which he presented several papers including "An essay on craniology" in December 1825. A selection of these papers was published as Nugae literariae in 1841. He was prolific writer of sermons speeches and essays throughout his life and undertook many tours on behalf of the London Missionary Society. The following winter he published Horae et vindiciae sabbaticae or Familiar Disquisitions on the Revealed Sabbath. Hamilton was a man of real ability and at his death one of the most prominent men in his denomination. DNB In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally a trifle rubbed. The hinges are strained but holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good Hamilton, Adams and Co et al hardcover
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