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As to the Times, they are but faintly coloured in this draught of them. Mrs Griffith views with too much delicacy the foibles of her. own fex, and is too little acquainted with the irregularities of the other, to mark them with fufficient force and accuracy. We think, however, that the fcene of the rout is rather too coarse a picture of the affembly of a woman of fashion; and that the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Bromley are too openly profligate, even to carry on their frauds and impofitions. Lady Mary and Louifa are amiable and tender; and indeed the genius of the Writer feems to delight in touches of fentiment rather than ftrokes of humour.

POETICAL.

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Art. 26. The Spanish Invafion; or, Defeat of the Invincible Armada; a Poem. With critical Notes, explaining every principal Circumftance of that fingular Enterprize, and the Methods then taken to defend this Nation. To which is prefixed, a new Sketch of the Life of Queen Elizabeth, and an Introduction proper to be read at this important Crifis, which resembles, more than any other Period, the Danger we were in during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth; and the Mode of our Deliverance under the Aufpices of Providence and that glorious Queen. 4to. I s. 6 d. Macgowan.

This tedious chronicle in rhyme has tried our patience to its utmost extent. If Patience, like Charity, covered the multitude of fins, que certainly fhould have few to answer for.

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Art. 27. Ode to Britannia (for the Year 1780), occafioned by our late Succeffes. By Robert Alves, A. M. 4to. 6d. Edin burgh. Creech.

Of this Ode we are forry not to fpeak in the terms we could wifh. Poor Britannia has been fo be-versed and be-oded, that it is no wonder a writer finds it difficult to rife above mediocrity on fuch a threadbare fubje&.

Art. 28. Poems fit for a Bishop, which Two Bishops will read.
An American Prayer. Addrels to Religion. Saul at Endor, an
Ode. Infcription in Memory of the Earl of Chatham. 4to. I S.
Almon. 1780.

Upon what grounds this Writer flatters himself that two Bishops will read his poems, does not, from the poems themselves, appear. If the two Bishops, indeed, were Reviewers, they would then be compelled to do what mult, otherwife, in all probability, be a matter of choice. So far, however, we may venture to fay, that who-. ever reads either the American Prayer, or the Addrefs to Religion, will not find much to cenfure.

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Art. 29. The Death of Eumenio; a Foem. By John Fawcett,
J2mo. 6 d. Leeds printed. Sold by Keith, &c. in London.
If Mr. Fawcett's poetical talents bore any proportion to his ap-
parent piety, has rivals would be few. He might extort from Envy
herself that praife, which, at prefent, the most candid indulgence
dares not venture to allow him. If, as we have learnt, this is the

* By thread bare, we do not mean to infinuate (what some politicians would have us believe) that Britannia is in rags.

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worthy Author's first attempt, in this fpecies of writing, great allowance is to be made; and on this principle the feverity of criticism is, on the present occafion, with-held. C...t. Art. 30. The Sea-Fight; an Elegiac Poem, from Henry to Laura. Founded on an original Correfpondence between the Parties, in the Year 1759. Written at Sea by Charles Shillito. 4to. I s. 6d. DodЛley.

However laudable it may be to devote, as Mr. Shillito has done, the leisure hours which a fea life will fometimes afford, to literary amufements; yet, with respect to the prefent poem, we are forry to fay it is much too unfinished for publication. Art. 31. A Ride and Walk through Stourbead; a Poem. 4to. Is. Rivington. 1780.

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This Writer's attempt upon the Mufe of blank verfe will be best explained by one of his own fimiles:

So has one feen cur-dog eight inches high

Attempt the stately, arduous greyhound's love.

AFFAIRS OF IRELAND.

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Art. 32. Authentic Minutes of the Debate in the Irish Houfe of Commons, Dec. 20, 1779, on receiving the Refolutions of the British House of Commons for granting to Ireland a free Trade. To which are added, the Speeches of fome noble Lords, spoken on the fame Occafion, the Day following. 8vo. 1 s. 6 d. H. Payne, &c. 1780.

It will give pleasure to the English reader, to obferve how gratefully and handsomely the gentlemen of the Irish fenate expreffed themselves, on the conciliatory difpofition manifested toward them by the British parliament.-Although thefe fpecimens of Hibernian oratory are handed to us on unknown authority, we have no fufpicion of their authenticity; and we hope they contain the true and general fenfe of that nation, in regard to the fubject of BRITAN NIA's late fifterly tokens of affection.-Some of our brethren on the other fide the channel may, however, have their own peculiar method of expreffing their fatisfaction :-like Mr. Parnell (for instance), one of the members of their Houfe of Commons, who began his fpeech, on the occafion here alluded to, in the following blunt and honest terms: The higheft compliment I can pay to the English government, is to fay, that their prefent conduct is the reverfe of their former."

MISCELLANEOUS.

Art. 33. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before
the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and
verified by Evidence; with a Collection of authentic Documents,
and an Addition of many Circumftances which were prevented
from appearing before the Houfe by the Prorogation of Parlia-
ment. Written and collected by HIMSELF; and dedicated to the
Officers of the Army he commanded. 4to. 12 s. Boards.
mon, 1780.

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This is a publication of very confiderable importance, abounding, as the title truly affirms, with authentic documents,' and affording a clear and comprehenfive view of whatever relates to the General's

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conduct, throughout the whole of that memorable and unfortunate expedition, which is the fubject of the large collection of evidence now before us. General Burgoyne writes well; and we have only to lament, as Englishmen, that he was not, finally, as victorious in the field, as he is upon paper. His very interesting ftory is, indeed, told in a masterly manner; and the materials of which it is compofed, will be held in great eflimation by the historians who fhall record the events of the unhappy war to which they owe their birth. The work is enriched with a variety of large and expenfive engravings, proper for the illuftration of the military manoeuvres,

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Art. 34. The Picture Gallery: Containing near 200 Paintings, by the most diftinguished Ladies in Great Britain. To which are added, critical Strictures upon each Piece. 4to. 3 s. Kearfly. Verily this newly invented method of friking off characteristic refemblances, by a ftudied dash of the pencil, liketh me no:: it favoreth too much of the paronomafia, or the conundrum quaint." MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.

Art. 35. Account of a Debate in Coachmaker's Hall. By Harum Skarum, Efq. 8vo. 1s. Kearfly. 1785.

'Squire Harum Skarum laughs at the difputants of Coachmaker's Hall. If his readers laugh with him, we fuppofe it is all that he aims at;-and if they have no objection to the low, they will here meet with the rifible.

Art. 36. Advice to the Unwary; or, an Abftract of certain Penal Laws now in Force againit Smuggling in general, and the Adulteration of Tea; with Remarks, neceffary to be read by all Perfons, that they may not run them felves into D.fficulties, or incur Penalties. 8vo. 6 d. Robinfon. 1-80.

Such publications as this are of great ufe when judiciously written; as all our ftatutes require a tranflation, or commentary, before common understandings know with certainty how to act under them.

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Smugglers are as bad as houfe-breakers; they rob the Public in the first inftance, and undermine the fair tradesman in the fecond: and the fly dealers with them, however they may reconcile their doubtful bargains to profeffions of honefty, and perhaps piety, are no better than receivers of stolen goods, and deferve treatment accordingly. Art. 37. A Letter to the Right Worshipful William Wynne, LL. D. Chancellor of the Diocefe of London. Containing Oblervations on the Facts alleged, the Evidence produced, and the Sentence pronounced by him, in the Confittoriai Court of London, on the 6th of December, 1779, in a Caufe in which Dr. Hind, the late Rector of St. Anne, Westminster, was the Promoter, and his Çurate the Refpondent. By the Rev. Thomas Martyn. 8vo. Almon.

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Expoftulates, with freedom and energy, but in the most decent and respectful terms, with Dr. Wynne, on account of the fentence

We mean not here to convey any reflection on the General's Conduct;-" "Tis not in mortals to command fuccefs."

which he pronounced on the abovementioned occafion. Mr. M. feems, as far as we can judge, barely from a perufal of this pamphlet, to have fufficient caufe of complaint. His Letter is very well

written.

Art 38. A View of Univerfal Modern Hiftory, from the Fall of the Roman Empire. Tranflated from the last Edition of the celebrated Chevalier Mehegan. By H. Fox. vo. 3 Vols. 18s. Robinfon. 1779.

We gave an account of the original of this work, as a foreign article, in the Appendix to our Review vol, xxxvi. We commended the performance, and gave fome fpecimens of the Writer's animated and agreeable style.

RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL. Art. 39. Difcourfes on various Subjects. By Jacob Duché, A. M. Rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia † ; and formerly of Clare Hall, Cambridge. 8vo. 2 Vols. 10 s. 6 d.

Boards. Cadell, &c. 1779.

The number of fermons in thefe volumes is forty-eight: the subjects of them as follows: The Character of Wisdom's Children; evangelical Righteoufnefs; the Religion of Jefus the only Source of Happinefs; true Religion a costly and continual Sacrifice; Truth the only Friend of Man; the Strength and Victory of Faith; the flourishing State of the righteous; the Caufe and Cure of the Disorders of human Nature; the Riches, Privileges, and Honours of the Chriftian; Chrift, known or unknown, the univerfal Saviour; human Life, a Pilgrimage; the true Knowledge of God; the Nativity of Chrift; Poverty of Spirit; the Improvement of Times and Seafons; the univerfal Shepherd; the Characters of the regenerate and unregenerate States; 'Hope in God, the only Refuge in Diftrefs; a nominal, or partial Belief in the Gofpel, unprofitable; the Life and Death of the righteous; Jefus fleeping in the Ship; Regeneration ; St. Peter's Denial of Chrift; the Sufferings of Chrift; the first or fpiritual Refurrection; a future Refurrection; the Ground and Nature of private and public Worship, &c.

Concerning thefe Difcourfes we have to obferve, that they are pious and affectionate; rather declamatory; yet fenfibie,--though the Writer, in fome inftances, delivers plain and important truths with a kind of myftical air; orthodox in fome refpects; but not Calvinistical as to predestination. They have fpirit and warmth, and at times are fomewhat in the ftrain of the old divines: perhaps there are paffages which may be deemed enthufiaftic, and tinctured with Quakerifm; yet, on the whole, they are practical and useful.

Mr. Duché fpeaks of them himself in thefe terms: The Reader will find in them no difplay of genius or of erudition. To the for

+ Mr. Duché is faid to be a native of Philadelphia, and to have received his education in the college there. We are farther informed that he was Chaplain to the CONGRESS; and that his removal into England was the confequence of his political converfion. For a farther account of this Gentleman and his writings, fee Review, vol, lviii. p. 165.

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mer the Author hath no claim: of the latter he contents himself with as much as is competent to the difcharge of his paftoral duty. His divinity, he trufts, is that of the Bible; to no other standard of truth can he venture to appeal. Senfible however of his own fallibility, he wishes not to obtrude his peculiar fentiments, nor to have them received any farther, than they carry with them that only fair title to reception, a conviction of their truth and ufefulness. From his own heart he hath written to the hearts of others; and if any of his Readers find not there, the ground of his doctrines, they are, furely, at liberty to pass them by, if they do it with Chriftian candour, and to leave it to time and their own reflections to difcover that ground.'

Some of the phrafes in this collection intimate that this gentleman has been, or is, a difciple of Jacob Behmen or Count Swedenburg; however, if he has any of their reveries, it must be acknowledged they are here applied to a folid and practical use.

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An uncommon circumftance of embellishment attends this reli
gious publication, viz. a very elegant emblematical print, prefixed
to each volume, by way of frontispiece. below
Art. 40. Biographia Evangelica: or, An Hiftorical Account of
the Lives and Deaths of the most eminent and evangelical Au-
thors or Preachers, both British and Foreign, in the feveral De-
nominations of Proteftants, from the Beginning of the Reforma-
tion to the prefent Time; wherein are collected from authentic
Hiftorians, their most remarkable Actions, Sufferings, and Writings,
exhibiting the Unity of their Faith and Experience in their feveral
Ages, Countries, and Profeflions; and illuftrating the Power of
Divine Grace in their holy living and dying. By the Rev.
Erafmus Middleton, Lecturer of St. Bennett's, Gracechurch-street;
and of St. Helen's, Bishopfgate-street. Vol. I. 6s. Hog. 1779.
This Writer's plan is very extenfive; though fome may think it
narrowed by the word Evangelical. There have been many excel-
lent men, chriftians, proteftants,-men who were eminent for learn-
ing, and exemplary for piety and virtue, whom, nevertheless, fome
perfons might hardly deem to be evangelical. Mr. Middleton, how-
ever, entirely ditclaims a bigotted partiality to fects and denomina-
tions, and profeffes to give his whole attention to great and good,
or as he terms them gracious characters, of all perfuafions; but here
he feems to limit himfelf again, when he adds, who hold the
diftinguishing principles of the gospel.'

The lives contained in this volume are as follow; Wickliffe;
Hufs; Jerom of Prague; John de Wefalia; Hamilton; Geldenhaur;
Ecolampadius; Zuinglius; Bilney; Frith; Tindale; Lambert;
Regius; Capito; Simon Grynæus; Leo Judæ; Brulius; Luther;
Wilhart; F. Myconius; Diazius; Cruciger; Fagius; Bucer;
Munier; Hedio; George, Prince of Anhalt; Rogers; Saunders;
Hooper; Taylor; Ferrar; Bradford; Jonas; Latimer; Ridley;
Philpot; Cranmer; Ponet; Melanéthon; John à Lafco; P. Martyr;
Thomas Grynæus; Vergerio. Thirteen engravings of the portraits
of fome of the principal of the above named perfons, are faid to be the
performance of a young artist, and feem by no means to be ill
executed.

^ Such ornaments are seldom bestowed

volumes of Fermons; but why not?

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