[XIV.] This person was Thomas Wilkinson, a Quaker by religious profession; by natural constitution of mind--or, shall I venture to say, by God's grace?
he was something better.

He had inherited a small estate, and built a house upon it, near Yanwath, upon the banks of the Emont.

I have heard him say that his heart used to beat, in his boyhood, when he heard the sound of a drum and fife.

Nevertheless, the spirit of enterprise in him confined itself in tilling his ground, and conquering such obstacles as stood in the way of its fertility.

Persons of his religious persuasion do now, in a far greater degree than formerly, attach themselves to trade and commerce.