Character of John, published in Scots and Edinburgh Magazine. May, 1762.

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1856 (1856)
May 11th, 1762.
At Bath died John MacKinnon from the Isle of Sky,
Aged 48.
A Person of distinguished Merit.

Ignorant of Avarice,

And the Venal Bribe,

He bravely preferr’dpreferred innocent Poverty

To great Riches,

Basely to be purchased

At the ExpenceExpense of Character,

Tho’Though nothing in View,

By the undaunted Refusal,

But the severest Hardships;
1857 (1857)
A Series of which he underwent

With Christian Fortitude,

Influencing all his steady Conduct.

Afflicted with an obstinate Lameness,

By the best Advice

He struggled to Bath;

Where some generous Souls,

Enamoured with Virtue under a Cloud,

And Merit in Distress,

Generously insisted to support him

In every Article of Expence.Expense

But his Goodness of Heart,

Inflexibly the same,

As 1858 (1858)

As generously refused,

And chose,

To go into the Hospital,

Rather than be burdensome to Friends;

Where he remain’dremained till his Death.

The tender Care,

And assiduous Attendance,

So feelingly given him,

Are past all Description.

Virtue,

Attractive of Veneration,

Has honourably deposited his Remains
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In the Burying-Place of a X Gentleman,

By Order,

And at the Sight,

Of the generous Proprietor;

With a monumental Inscription,

Descriptive of his Character,

For the Instruction of Posterity.

Regarded in Life;

Revered when dead.

N. B. The Above was published in the Scots &and the Edinburgh Ma-
gazines, for May, 1762.

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Mr Haviland, Apothecary in Bath.
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