...received a further augmentation ; to what amount is not stated, but it was not considerable. Before this Walker had declined to accept the adjoining curacy...taking holy orders. He was, like his predecessors in the same cure, schoolmaster as well as clergyman of his parish ; but ' he made no charge,' says his...

...the appointment of the adjoining curacy of Ulpha; but he conscientiously refused it, on the ground that the annexation " would be apt to cause a general...murmuring I would willingly avoid." Yet at this time Mr. Walker had a family of eight children. He afterward maintained one of his sons at Trinity College,...

...stipends. Wonderful Walker declined the bishop's offer. " The annexation," he wrote to the bishop, " would be apt to cause a general discontent among the...neglected in the duty, or attributing it to covetousness ; all of which occasions of murmuring I would willingly avoid." Mr. Wordsworth, to whom we are indebted...

...to cause a general discontent among the inhabitants of both places, by either thinking them, selves slighted, being only served alternately or neglected in the duty, or attributing it to covetousness ; all of which occasions of murmuring I would willingly avoid." Mr. Wordsworth, to whom we are indebted...

...would be apt to cause a general discontent among the inhabitants of both places, by either think ing themselves slighted, being only served alternately,...murmuring I would willingly avoid." Yet at this time Mr. Walker had a family of eight children. He afterward maintained one of his sons at Trinity College,...

...annexed together, would be apt to cause a general discontent among the inhabitants of both VOL. VI T places ; by either thinking themselves slighted, being...which occasions of murmuring I would willingly avoid. " And in concluding his former letter, he expresses a similar sentiment upon the same occasion, "desiring,...

...general discontent among the inhabitants of both places ; by either thinking themselves slighted, being1 only served alternately, or neglected in the duty,...covetousness in me ; all which occasions of murmuring 1 would willingly avoid.' And in concluding his former letter, he expresses a similar sentiment upon...

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...beg leave rather to decline than embrace it; for the chapels of Seathwaite and Ulpha annexed together would be apt to cause a general discontent among the...which occasions of murmuring I would willingly avoid." Upon coming to Seathwaite the incumbent married. His wife brought him £40. This sum he invested in...