“ He at first supported himself as a private tutor and schoolmaster, and, having taken orders, was appointed (1766) to the rectory of Blagdon, Somerset, where he died on the 1st of April 1779. His poems (original and translations) , and sentimental tales, are now forgotten, but his translation of Plutarch’s Lives (1770) , in which he had the co-operation of his elder brother William (1721–1772) , is not yet superseded. It is far less vigorous than Sir Thomas North’s version (translated from Amyot) but is free from its inaccuracies. ”