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A celebrated Poem by that author who said "Prayer ardent opens heaven, and lets

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> down a stream of glory on the consecrated

hour of man in audience with the deity."

That work on which Dr. Johnson observed "that very few books had ever affected him so deeply, and that the man who did not relish the first part was no Philosopher, and he who could not enjoy the second no Christian."

A. Book which "Young Ladies who have left School may read with pleasing reflections on the years passed; and we apprehend that the Superintendants of Female Boarding-schools, especially the younger of them, may derive much assistance from it, in their arduous but honourable tasks."

Old Laws against immorality and profaneness. The Poetical Thoughts of a Poet who died in 1765, and was buried, according to his own desire, (attended by all the poor of the parish) under the altar-piece in the Church of Welwyn. This altar-piece is reckoned one of the most curious in the kingdom, adorn

ed with an elegant piece of needle-work by Lady Betty Young.

The last production of that "Christian and Di

vine who when preaching at St. James's strove much to gain the attention of his au◄. dience, and when he found he could not prevail, his pity for their folly got the better of all decorum; he sat back in the pulpit, and burst into a flood of tears." The Works of the Colossus of English Literature. The Works of a celebrated English Herbalist.. The Works of a celebrated English Potanist, 8vo. The 8vo. Gazetteers, by M. D.'s.

The Reflections of an LL. D. late Chaplain to the Magdalen.

The house appointed for all living."

A Legacy by a Doctor.

The works of the man who composed for kim

self the following Epitaph:

Here is deposited,

The mortal part of a mat

Who feared Cod, but not death i

And maintained independence,

But ought not rich

Who thought

None below him, but the base and unjust ;

None above him, but the wise and
Virtuous;

Who loved

His parents. kindred, friends, and

Country,

With an ardour

Which was the chief source/

Of all his pleasures, and all his pains;
And who having devoted

His life to their service,
And to

The improvement of his mind,

Resigned it calmly,

Giving glory to his Creator;

Wishing peace on earth,

And with

Goodwill to all creatures,

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On the twenty-seventh day of April,
In the year of our blessed Redeemer.
One thousand seven hundred and
Ninety-four."

The Works of a celebrated Traveller, who relates, that being, one day, in the midst of a vast desert, and in circumstances of such overwhelming distress that he was ready to lie down and perish, a beautiful little

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moss accidentally caught his eye. The reflection occurred:-"Surely that Being who planted, watered and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, so minute and apparently insignificant a flower, cannot look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image!" This thought gave him the relief and fortitude which he needed.

A popular work, in two volumes, for which the Author "has received great praise for his knowledge of the human heart, and his mode of treating his subject; and his work is recommended as replete with valuable lessons for young persons who are just entering into life."

A book lately published, "the profits of which

are to be given in aid of the Essex Life Boat."

An English bird of beautiful plumage displaying itself on the last season of the year. Lectures to the young, by one whose name corresponds poetically with the term of life of those whom he addresses.

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A Book published by the first medical author of whom we have any authentic account. The Works of that great genius who offered to pay the expences of any person to Rome who would come and dispute with him on any subject of learning.

The Works of the son of a Bookseller of some reputation at Lichfield.

A Philosopher and Poet's Minstrel.

A celebrated Monody by a Poet who, on his

death bed thus conversed with Lord and Lady Valentia: "Be good, be virtuous, my Lord, you must come to this."—" I must leave my soul in the same state it was in before this illness: I find this a very inconvenient time for solicitude about any thing." That work on which it is supposed Milton foraned his Paradise Lost.

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