Author: William Edington TaylorPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528453806
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Excerpt from The Ethical and Religious Theories of Bishop Butler In 1733 Butler had been appointed Clerk of the Closet to Queen Caroline, and began to take his part in that brilliant metaphysical society which she loved to gather round her. For a time her interest in Butler seemed to wane, for Secker, who in the same year had become Chaplain to the King, mentioned his friend a year or so afterward to tlie Queen, who said she thought he had been dead. She repeated this to Archbishop Blackbourne of York, who replied, No, Madame, he is not dead, but he is buried. 2 However this may be, the Queen became interested in Butler, and commanded his attendance, we are told, every evening from seven till nine. The Queen died the next year, 1737, and just be fore her death recommended Butler to her husband. George II. Accordingly, though rather reluctantly, appointed Butler to the Bishopric Of Bristol, a posi tion, complained Butler in a private letter to Wal pole, neither very suitable to the conditions of my fortune, nor to the Queen's recommendation with which I was honored.3 The Bishopric was in fact the poorest in England. However, an addition was made to his income in 1740 by bestowing on him the Deanery of St. Paul's. 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.