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An Essay On The Chinese Poetry.

so that among the poetry of the Chinese there will frequently be found something to be admired . ^ SPECIMENS OF CHINESE POETRY . l ; ON A TYRANT .

« How craggy and broken riseth eminent that southern mountain 1 Its assemblage of cliffs , how vast , and horrid I Thus formidable for thy power and dignity , Thou risest eminent , mighty master , royal Yu : And all the people look up to thee with awe and terror ; But not with love ; for thou regardest not their's , But thy own interest and welfare !

II . ON AN AMIABLE BRIDE . ' THE peach-tree , in the early spring : how amiable 1 how lovely ! Its leaves , how beset with flowers 1 O how delightful ! Such is the new-married bride , when she Passeth into the house of her husband , Where she dealeth out their portions to his domestics , And dischargeth every duty to him and his family .

III . ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF FAMILIES . 1 THESE verdant mountains , these lovely meadows , Were once possess'd by families now gone to decay . Let not the present possessors exult too much : Others after them may be masters in their turn . ' IV . A SONG OF TU-CHAO-LIN .

8 YE great men of this world , do not laugh at that poor peasant , Who hath only coarse vessels of common earth to contain his wine , And who poureth it out himself , that he may drink it ; , While ye quaff it out of vessels of gold and silver . While ye are waited on by numbers of slaves : When ye have drunk freely after your fashion , If both of you chance to be intoxicated , Ye will sleep together without ceremony Under the same tree . '

Character Of Sir William Jones.

CHARACTER OF SIR WILLIAM JONES .

HP HE late Sir William Jones may justly be considered as one of the ¦ ^ most distinguished ornaments of the present century . The virr tues of his heart could alone be equalled by the vigorous , the comprehensive powers of bis understanding : bis vast knowledge , how ^ ever , did not operate towards making him a sceptic . He drank deep at the fountains of eastern science ; but did not , at the same time

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TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF CUMBERLAND. Article 4
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 5
BRIEF HISTORY OF NONSENSE. Article 11
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN. Article 13
ACCOUNT OF THE CABALISTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE JEWS. Article 14
WISDOM AND FOLLY. A VISION. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 22
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 29
AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE POETRY. Article 31
CHARACTER OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. Article 34
THE LIFE OF DON BALTHASAR OROBIO, Article 36
THE COLLECTOR. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 42
GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 43
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
POETRY. Article 52
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 56
IRISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 68
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An Essay On The Chinese Poetry.

so that among the poetry of the Chinese there will frequently be found something to be admired . ^ SPECIMENS OF CHINESE POETRY . l ; ON A TYRANT .

« How craggy and broken riseth eminent that southern mountain 1 Its assemblage of cliffs , how vast , and horrid I Thus formidable for thy power and dignity , Thou risest eminent , mighty master , royal Yu : And all the people look up to thee with awe and terror ; But not with love ; for thou regardest not their's , But thy own interest and welfare !

II . ON AN AMIABLE BRIDE . ' THE peach-tree , in the early spring : how amiable 1 how lovely ! Its leaves , how beset with flowers 1 O how delightful ! Such is the new-married bride , when she Passeth into the house of her husband , Where she dealeth out their portions to his domestics , And dischargeth every duty to him and his family .

III . ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF FAMILIES . 1 THESE verdant mountains , these lovely meadows , Were once possess'd by families now gone to decay . Let not the present possessors exult too much : Others after them may be masters in their turn . ' IV . A SONG OF TU-CHAO-LIN .

8 YE great men of this world , do not laugh at that poor peasant , Who hath only coarse vessels of common earth to contain his wine , And who poureth it out himself , that he may drink it ; , While ye quaff it out of vessels of gold and silver . While ye are waited on by numbers of slaves : When ye have drunk freely after your fashion , If both of you chance to be intoxicated , Ye will sleep together without ceremony Under the same tree . '

Character Of Sir William Jones.

CHARACTER OF SIR WILLIAM JONES .

HP HE late Sir William Jones may justly be considered as one of the ¦ ^ most distinguished ornaments of the present century . The virr tues of his heart could alone be equalled by the vigorous , the comprehensive powers of bis understanding : bis vast knowledge , how ^ ever , did not operate towards making him a sceptic . He drank deep at the fountains of eastern science ; but did not , at the same time

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