instantaneously faded away, the events of more remote days, the discussions of criticism, and the refinements of philological disquisition presented themselves at those intervals to his mind. This is no uncommon phenomenon in the history of human life. . After the resignation of his school he removed from Wakefield to Tadcaster, where he resided two years. Thence he went to York, and was afterward received into the house of his brother Mr. Francis Clarke at Scarborough, where he died; having survived his wife, by whom he had no issue, about eleven months. He was buried in the Church of Kirby-Misperton, the place of his nativity, February 11, 1761. Several of his scholars *, desirous of paying a * The List of them, as subjoined to the Resolutions unanimously adopted at Wakefield, August 29, 1793, at a Meeting summoned by advertisement to consult about some mode of commemorating "their late worthy Master," will prove that he was as largely concerned, as his own preceptor (the Rev. Thomas Clark) had been, in educating the sons of the principal gentry in the county of York,' as well as those of other counties and countries. GENTLEMEN educated at SHIPTON, BEVERLEY, or WAKEFIELD SCHOOLS. Acklom, Jonathan, Esq. Wiseton near Bawtry. Ambler, Charles. Amcotts, tribute to his memory, caused an elegant monu Amcotts, Wharton, Esq. Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire. Appleton, Teavil, Esq. Beverley. Barker, Henry, Esq. Six Clerks' Office. Barker, Thomas, Esq. Chapel Town near Leeds. Becher, Rev. William, Southwell, Notts. Bell, Ralph, Esq. Thirsk. Bethell, William, Esq. Rise near Beverley. Birch, T. Esq. Fulham near London. Birch, Rev. James, Wishford near Salisbury. Blayds,, Esq. Hull. Blanchard, Dr. William, London. Bowman, Rev. Thomas, Beverley. Bradshaw, James, Esq. Darcy Lever near Manchester. Broadley, Robert, Esq. Hull, Brooksbank, Mr. J. Wakefield. Buck, Samuel, Esq. Leeds. Buckley, Capt. Scriven near Knaresborough. Bucktrout, Mr. Jer. Wakefield. Burton, Robert, Esq. Lincoln. Burton, Thomas, Esq. Norwich. Burton, Leonard, Esq. Ringstead near Thrapston. Burton, William, Esq. Somerby near Horncastle. Cartwright, Charles, Esq. Marnham near Tuxford. Cartwright, Rev. Edmund, Doncaster. Cayley, Sir George, Bart. Brompton near Scarborough, Cayley, George, Esq. ditto. Cheetham, Thomas, Esq. Exchequer. Collins, James, Esq. Knaresborough. Coltman, Thomas, Esq. Hagnaby near Spilsby. Constable, Marmaduke, Beverley. Constable, Rev. Archdeacon, Sigglesthorne. Cooke, ment to be erected in that church (executed Cooke, George, Esq. Streethorpe near Doncaster. Cotterell. Courtney, John, Esq. Beverley. Cracroft, John, Esq. Hackthorn near Lincoln. Field, Joseph, Esq. Heaton near Barnsley. Fowler, John, Esq. Ketsby near Horncastle. Gee, Rev. Richard, Beverley. Gibson, Rev. Joshua, near Gainsborough. Gill, Rev. William, Sherborne, Yorkshire. Goodricke, Rev. Henry, York. Goundrell, George. Greame, Robert, Esq. Sewerby near Bridlington. Green, William, Esq. near Wakefield. Green. Hammersley, - Esq. Banker, London. Harrison, Rev. Escrick near York. Heald, Richard, Esq. Horncastle. Hepworth, Rev. John, Graffham near Huntingdon. Hewit, Rev. near Richmond. Lonsdale, Rev. J., New Miller Dam near Wakefield. Lumley, Rev. Thomas, Dalby near Malton. Mackenzie, Robert, Esq. Maddison, by Messrs. King, statuaries, Bath, at an expense Maddison, Lieut. Col., Stainton near Raisin, Lincolnshire. Marwood, William, Esq. Busby near Stokesley. Middleton, Rt. Hon. Henry, Lord, Wollaton, Notts. Nevile, George, Esq. Thorney, Notts. Newby, near Skipton, Craven. Norton, Hon. Fletcher. North. Otley, Drury, Esq. Otley, William, Esq. Cambridge. Parkinson, Mr. Hetton near Skipton. Peareth, William, Esq. Newcastle. Pindar, Rev. Dr., Kentbury near Newbury, Berks. Pocklington, J. Esq. Muskham near ditto Preston, Rev. J., Askham near York. Pymont, Mr., Lofthouse near Wakefield. Redfearn, Sheffield. Rickaby, J. Esq. Bridlington Quay. Ridghill, Rev. 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