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Essays On Subjects Connected With History And Classical Learning.

the dictates of his own judgment , in opposition to the clamours of his people . , ' .- - . The treaty of partition was the consequence of necessity ; for surely , it is better to submit to a certain evil , than . to endanger many important interests by a doubtful opposition . Without the complete approbation of parliament , all resistance to the successful arms of France would ha \ ? e been in vainOn the one handno firm reliance

. , could be placed on the measures of parliament ; on the other , experience mig ht have shewn the inefficacy of his former efforts , though invigorated by the influence of his own personal energies .. They only will condemn the measure , whose notions of political integri ty ' exceed the bounds placedby the laws of nature to practical virtue . _ The resistancethough of a doubtful and ambiguous naturewhich

, , lie made to the measures of parliament , may be safely attributed to the unavoidable circumstances of the times , and their adverse ten ^ dency to defeat his favourite plans—plans ever formed for the defence of general independence . Many of these measures , undoubtedly , seein to have been well calculated to fortify and perfect the excellence ef our constitutionand were such as he afterwards ratified and

con-; firmed . Yet they then might not only appear to be , but probably were , hostile to the success of William ' s foreign undertakings . Had the love of power been his prevailing passion—had the other parts Of his conduct given colour to suspect him of such a propensity—we might then have been authorized to assign , it as the dishonourable

motive of his resistance . But vague ; circumstantial evidence wm weig h but little against the positive proof that has been already adduced in favour of his general character , and of the . motives by which he was actuated . And the unkind contradiction of parliament , the cruel ingratitude of the people , the peevish jealousy which they entertained of the Dutch , and the opposition which republican principles ( then . highlfavoured ) raised even to the legal exercise of prerogative

y , mig ht have soured the finest temper ; and would , in some , have excited a perverseness to which the dignity of William ' s understanding and the generosity of his nature did not allow him to descend . As to his favouring , by a secret treaty with Louis ,. the pretensions of James ' s son to succeed him in the government , it is-supported only hy solitary testimony ; and must necessarily have been attended , with

those circumstances , the concealment of which is almost impossible , and cohtary to the universal experience of mankind . Letus . foroiie moment , conceive a potv ' erful monarch of bigottedprincip les and insatiable ambition , long accustomed to the conduct of war , and regardless of the interests of his subjects or the liberties of mankindinvading his feeble neihboursand like a deluge sweeping them

, g , before him : ^ -let us suppose a people , whose power and whose valour could entitle them alone to stand forth the champions of freedom . against this formidable tyrant , willing to engage in defence of the injured , but prevented by the sovereign who sat upon the throne : — let us suppose themselves too in danger of losing their , reli gion ' , their liberty and the dearest privileges of man i- —let us suppose a person ,

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LONDON: Article 3
THE PROPRIETOR TO THE SUBSCRIBERS. Article 4
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 5
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, FOR JANUARY 1797. Article 6
ON SUICIDE AND MADNESS. Article 14
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE. Article 16
THE GHOST OF STERNE IN LONDON. Article 20
ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH HISTORY AND CLASSICAL LEARNING. Article 24
LETTERS FROM LORD ESSEX TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. Article 31
THE DYING MIRA, A FRAGMENT. Article 32
ANECDOTES. Article 33
REMARKABLE RESEMBLANCE IN TWO TWIN BROTHERS. Article 35
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF A CAPACITY TO ENDURE ABSTINENCE AND HUNGER IN A SPIDER. Article 36
ABSENCE OF MIND. Article 37
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 38
MASONRY FOUNDED ON SCRIPTURE. Article 38
ROYAL CUMBERLAND SCHOOL. Article 43
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 45
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 45
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 46
POETRY. Article 54
THE AFFLICTED PARENTS, AN ELEGY Article 54
TO THE MEMORY OF LAURA. Article 55
ODE ON CLASSIC DISCIPLINE. Article 55
LINES Article 56
IMITATION OF SHAKSPEAR, Article 56
SONNET. Article 57
TO THE GLOW-WORM. Article 57
SONG. Article 57
EPITAPH ON A BEAUTIFUL BOY. Article 57
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
OBITUARY. Article 75
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Essays On Subjects Connected With History And Classical Learning.

the dictates of his own judgment , in opposition to the clamours of his people . , ' .- - . The treaty of partition was the consequence of necessity ; for surely , it is better to submit to a certain evil , than . to endanger many important interests by a doubtful opposition . Without the complete approbation of parliament , all resistance to the successful arms of France would ha \ ? e been in vainOn the one handno firm reliance

. , could be placed on the measures of parliament ; on the other , experience mig ht have shewn the inefficacy of his former efforts , though invigorated by the influence of his own personal energies .. They only will condemn the measure , whose notions of political integri ty ' exceed the bounds placedby the laws of nature to practical virtue . _ The resistancethough of a doubtful and ambiguous naturewhich

, , lie made to the measures of parliament , may be safely attributed to the unavoidable circumstances of the times , and their adverse ten ^ dency to defeat his favourite plans—plans ever formed for the defence of general independence . Many of these measures , undoubtedly , seein to have been well calculated to fortify and perfect the excellence ef our constitutionand were such as he afterwards ratified and

con-; firmed . Yet they then might not only appear to be , but probably were , hostile to the success of William ' s foreign undertakings . Had the love of power been his prevailing passion—had the other parts Of his conduct given colour to suspect him of such a propensity—we might then have been authorized to assign , it as the dishonourable

motive of his resistance . But vague ; circumstantial evidence wm weig h but little against the positive proof that has been already adduced in favour of his general character , and of the . motives by which he was actuated . And the unkind contradiction of parliament , the cruel ingratitude of the people , the peevish jealousy which they entertained of the Dutch , and the opposition which republican principles ( then . highlfavoured ) raised even to the legal exercise of prerogative

y , mig ht have soured the finest temper ; and would , in some , have excited a perverseness to which the dignity of William ' s understanding and the generosity of his nature did not allow him to descend . As to his favouring , by a secret treaty with Louis ,. the pretensions of James ' s son to succeed him in the government , it is-supported only hy solitary testimony ; and must necessarily have been attended , with

those circumstances , the concealment of which is almost impossible , and cohtary to the universal experience of mankind . Letus . foroiie moment , conceive a potv ' erful monarch of bigottedprincip les and insatiable ambition , long accustomed to the conduct of war , and regardless of the interests of his subjects or the liberties of mankindinvading his feeble neihboursand like a deluge sweeping them

, g , before him : ^ -let us suppose a people , whose power and whose valour could entitle them alone to stand forth the champions of freedom . against this formidable tyrant , willing to engage in defence of the injured , but prevented by the sovereign who sat upon the throne : — let us suppose themselves too in danger of losing their , reli gion ' , their liberty and the dearest privileges of man i- —let us suppose a person ,

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