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virtue and the happiness of society . Upon these grounds he infers the absolute necessity of a Parliamentary Reform . The author , whether with too much candour it is not for us to judge , apologizes for the conduct of Mr . Wilberforce with respect to the present war , by ascribing it to the influence of terror , and to his attention having been artfully attracted and assiduously rivetted to the astonishing scenes exhibited in France .
Waving the question as to the necessity of the war with France , he proceeds to consider merely the mode in which it has been conducted ; and he prefaces his observations on this head in a very judicious and elegant manner . The pamphlet is of a popular nature , and if generally read , is calculated to have a strong influence in determining public opinion ;—but they who are already determined , arc not likely to change their opinion in consequence of tlie few arguments , however cogentadduced in this publication . Indeed
, , party men ( on which ever side they may be ) seldom read to be coirvinced . 'They are always of too positive , too dogmatical , and decisive a temper and way of thinking , to change their sentiments by titties ; and there are few , very few , who take the trouble to read any thing but trifles , of a political nature , and especially if it come from their adversaries . Powerful and momentous events , which reach every ear , can alone sway this great body of the people , especially in these days of torpid tranquillity .
Poems . By William Mason , M . A . Vol . III . % vo . 'THIS venerable bard , after delighting the public more than half a century , full of years and literary fame , at the age of near 72 , offers to the world the present volume , consisting of a tew Occasional Odes , & c . which he had before published separately , but which could not be inserted in the last edition of his Poems , in two volumes , 179 6 , without too much increasing their , size . To these are added such as have stolen into the world surreptitiously ,
and others ( chiefly juvenile compositions ) , which he was aware existed in manuscript in the hands of different persons ; and two dramas , which had received the approbation of certain poetical and critical friends of unquestioned judgment ,, many of them since dead . Most of these pieces will be received with pleasure by every reader of taste . The dramas are , first , ' Sappho , ' a lyrical performance in three afts , which , we have heard , was formerly set to music bGiardini : it has not , however , been represented on
y the stage . The second , entitled , ' Argentile and Curan , " is a legendary drama , written about the year 1706 on the old English model , and is taken from Warna ' s ' Albion ' s England . ' This piece , though probably intended for the stage , has never been offered to it ; though we think , with some alteration , it would be not unlikely to succeed . A Letter to the Subscribers ami Non-Subscribers- ta Ihe Loan of Eig hteen Mill ' iau . By
John Martin , Attorney and Solicitor of the English and Scottish Courts . S ? o . Pages 2 S . Price is . Jordan . Mr . Martin , the author of this pamphlet , is already well-known to the public by a well-written treatise on the ' Judicial Polity of Scotland , ' and some other tracts ; and was one of the persons confined in the Tower , on a charge of treasonable practices , but liberated shortly after the acquittal of
Messrs . Hardy , Tooke , & c . The letter now before us , contains many judicious observations on the state of the finances of this country , which , he proves , have been strained to a pitch which they cannot bear ; and points out the ruinous consequences which must result from the late Loyalty Loan . Mr . Martin wrote before the recent stoppage at the Bank ; but that circumstance , he declared , to be inevitable ; and the event has shewn him to be rig ht . He throughout evinces dear and solid reasoning , and an accurate knowledge of his subject .
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virtue and the happiness of society . Upon these grounds he infers the absolute necessity of a Parliamentary Reform . The author , whether with too much candour it is not for us to judge , apologizes for the conduct of Mr . Wilberforce with respect to the present war , by ascribing it to the influence of terror , and to his attention having been artfully attracted and assiduously rivetted to the astonishing scenes exhibited in France .
Waving the question as to the necessity of the war with France , he proceeds to consider merely the mode in which it has been conducted ; and he prefaces his observations on this head in a very judicious and elegant manner . The pamphlet is of a popular nature , and if generally read , is calculated to have a strong influence in determining public opinion ;—but they who are already determined , arc not likely to change their opinion in consequence of tlie few arguments , however cogentadduced in this publication . Indeed
, , party men ( on which ever side they may be ) seldom read to be coirvinced . 'They are always of too positive , too dogmatical , and decisive a temper and way of thinking , to change their sentiments by titties ; and there are few , very few , who take the trouble to read any thing but trifles , of a political nature , and especially if it come from their adversaries . Powerful and momentous events , which reach every ear , can alone sway this great body of the people , especially in these days of torpid tranquillity .
Poems . By William Mason , M . A . Vol . III . % vo . 'THIS venerable bard , after delighting the public more than half a century , full of years and literary fame , at the age of near 72 , offers to the world the present volume , consisting of a tew Occasional Odes , & c . which he had before published separately , but which could not be inserted in the last edition of his Poems , in two volumes , 179 6 , without too much increasing their , size . To these are added such as have stolen into the world surreptitiously ,
and others ( chiefly juvenile compositions ) , which he was aware existed in manuscript in the hands of different persons ; and two dramas , which had received the approbation of certain poetical and critical friends of unquestioned judgment ,, many of them since dead . Most of these pieces will be received with pleasure by every reader of taste . The dramas are , first , ' Sappho , ' a lyrical performance in three afts , which , we have heard , was formerly set to music bGiardini : it has not , however , been represented on
y the stage . The second , entitled , ' Argentile and Curan , " is a legendary drama , written about the year 1706 on the old English model , and is taken from Warna ' s ' Albion ' s England . ' This piece , though probably intended for the stage , has never been offered to it ; though we think , with some alteration , it would be not unlikely to succeed . A Letter to the Subscribers ami Non-Subscribers- ta Ihe Loan of Eig hteen Mill ' iau . By
John Martin , Attorney and Solicitor of the English and Scottish Courts . S ? o . Pages 2 S . Price is . Jordan . Mr . Martin , the author of this pamphlet , is already well-known to the public by a well-written treatise on the ' Judicial Polity of Scotland , ' and some other tracts ; and was one of the persons confined in the Tower , on a charge of treasonable practices , but liberated shortly after the acquittal of
Messrs . Hardy , Tooke , & c . The letter now before us , contains many judicious observations on the state of the finances of this country , which , he proves , have been strained to a pitch which they cannot bear ; and points out the ruinous consequences which must result from the late Loyalty Loan . Mr . Martin wrote before the recent stoppage at the Bank ; but that circumstance , he declared , to be inevitable ; and the event has shewn him to be rig ht . He throughout evinces dear and solid reasoning , and an accurate knowledge of his subject .