What was the produce of his powerful mind?
He found machinery a deadly curse;
And what did Watt? He left it ten times worse!’”
[14] See page 69.
[15] Prefatory Memoir.
[16] Prefatory Memoir.
[17] The following table may be of some service to the reader.
| Thomas Wright Hill, | Born, | April 24, 1763. | Died, | June 13, 1851. |
| Sarah Lea | ” | August 23, 1765. | ” | April 9, 1842. |
| Married, July 29, 1791. | ||||
| Their Children. | ||||
| Matthew Davenport, | Born, | August 6, 1792. | Died, | June 7, 1872. |
| Edwin | ” | November 25, 1793. | ” | November 6, 1876. |
| Rowland | ” | December 3, 1795. | ” | August 27, 1879. |
| Arthur | ” | August 27, 1798. | ||
| Caroline | ” | August 18, 1800. | ” | September 16, 1877. |
| Frederic | ” | June 29, 1803. | ||
| William Howard | ” | July 26, 1805. | ” | November 30, 1830. |
| Sarah | ” | July 9, 1807. | ” | June 12, 1840. |
[18] For the sketch of this house, as it was at the time of Sir Rowland Hill’s birth, I am indebted to the kindness of William Bucknall, Esq., of Franche Court, Kidderminster.
[19] “Henry Crabb Robinson’s Diary.” Vol. I., p. 80.