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accomplishments of any kind , cannot be required . Tt is impossible to suppose that men should submit to much previous discipline , as the means of pushing themselves into a profession which can reward them with barely the articles , necessary for their subsistence ; a profession in which even the prizes may be considered as blanks . This situation of the clergy is highly unfavourable to the general improvement of the country . In ail enlightened nations of Europe , the clergy form the most numerous body of the feamed . In ,
England they particularly deserve the appellation of a learned and an accomplished order of the community . If we cast our eyes upon the br-nch of English Bishops , we shall find them , as a body , a respectable and exemplary set of men , adorning the reli gion they profess ; 'if we view them individually , there are certain characters among them who mav challenge the universe to equal their abilities and the refinement of their understandings . In order to invite men of superior talents into the cluirh , for after all human nature
will prevail , a respectable provision must be made for the clcrgv . ' Admitting most fully the excellence of our national establishment , and its beneficial effects in the cbara & ers it tends to invite to the sacred profession , we think that there latel y have been , and are now , men , either laymen in this country / , or clergymen and laymen in the sister country , who , if challenged to equal any individual of the English clergy , could , without fear , accept the invitation . In this Opinion we are confident that the majority of literary and
philosophical men would agree with us . We shall mention . Robertson , Reid , and Fergusson , as clergymen not of the church of England ; Mackintosh , Dugald Stewart , Black , Smith , Johnson , Hume , and Burke , as laymen , who could have answered a challenge , to try the comparative strength and refinement of their understandings , from any clergyman of the church of England , during their respective lives . But though " not agreeing with the learned editor in thinking our clergy , or any of them , the supreme in genius and learning , we approve much of the tendency of his praises , with some limitations , and of the general ability of his part of the work .
We come now to the history itself : and as the talents of the editor have unavoidably engaged our attention to such a length , we shall in this number give only the heads of the contents , and of the opinions which we have formed . The history gives an introductory summary of the state of affairs , characters , manners , and morals in Russia , when Catharine first visited that court . It marks the habits , talents , dispositions , and conduct of Elizabeth the Empress , and of her nephew the Grand Duke . It delineates Catharine ' s genius , lishments and / fe & ions
accomp a , with their gradual development and occasional variations in tbe progress of plans and changes of circumstances . It traces her conduct to her husband , from the first dawnings of contempt and disgust , to the completion of projects of unbounded ambition , guided by unbounded genius , and co-oper : ; ting with unbounded love of pleasure . Tbe narrative is , from the magnitude of the subject , the ability of the principal agents , the poignancy of the sufferingsthe dreadfulness of the catastrophe
, , the animation of the exhibition , extremel y interesting ; and in the views it gives of the warrings of passion with reason , the displays it affords of motley man , profoundly mstru & ive . Extracts from the work , and illustrations of our opinion , shall appear in the next number .
Biographical , Literary , and Political Anecdotes of several of the most eminent Per sons of tbe present __»_ ; usitb an Appendix , consisting of original , explanatory , and scarce Paperr . By the Author of Anecdotes of tiie late Earl of Chatham . 3 vols . 1 / . \ s . Longman . IN our last we gave a short analysis of this work , and now proceed to fulfill cur promise of making extracts . In the sketch of the Duke of Grafton , thc
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Review Of New Publications.
accomplishments of any kind , cannot be required . Tt is impossible to suppose that men should submit to much previous discipline , as the means of pushing themselves into a profession which can reward them with barely the articles , necessary for their subsistence ; a profession in which even the prizes may be considered as blanks . This situation of the clergy is highly unfavourable to the general improvement of the country . In ail enlightened nations of Europe , the clergy form the most numerous body of the feamed . In ,
England they particularly deserve the appellation of a learned and an accomplished order of the community . If we cast our eyes upon the br-nch of English Bishops , we shall find them , as a body , a respectable and exemplary set of men , adorning the reli gion they profess ; 'if we view them individually , there are certain characters among them who mav challenge the universe to equal their abilities and the refinement of their understandings . In order to invite men of superior talents into the cluirh , for after all human nature
will prevail , a respectable provision must be made for the clcrgv . ' Admitting most fully the excellence of our national establishment , and its beneficial effects in the cbara & ers it tends to invite to the sacred profession , we think that there latel y have been , and are now , men , either laymen in this country / , or clergymen and laymen in the sister country , who , if challenged to equal any individual of the English clergy , could , without fear , accept the invitation . In this Opinion we are confident that the majority of literary and
philosophical men would agree with us . We shall mention . Robertson , Reid , and Fergusson , as clergymen not of the church of England ; Mackintosh , Dugald Stewart , Black , Smith , Johnson , Hume , and Burke , as laymen , who could have answered a challenge , to try the comparative strength and refinement of their understandings , from any clergyman of the church of England , during their respective lives . But though " not agreeing with the learned editor in thinking our clergy , or any of them , the supreme in genius and learning , we approve much of the tendency of his praises , with some limitations , and of the general ability of his part of the work .
We come now to the history itself : and as the talents of the editor have unavoidably engaged our attention to such a length , we shall in this number give only the heads of the contents , and of the opinions which we have formed . The history gives an introductory summary of the state of affairs , characters , manners , and morals in Russia , when Catharine first visited that court . It marks the habits , talents , dispositions , and conduct of Elizabeth the Empress , and of her nephew the Grand Duke . It delineates Catharine ' s genius , lishments and / fe & ions
accomp a , with their gradual development and occasional variations in tbe progress of plans and changes of circumstances . It traces her conduct to her husband , from the first dawnings of contempt and disgust , to the completion of projects of unbounded ambition , guided by unbounded genius , and co-oper : ; ting with unbounded love of pleasure . Tbe narrative is , from the magnitude of the subject , the ability of the principal agents , the poignancy of the sufferingsthe dreadfulness of the catastrophe
, , the animation of the exhibition , extremel y interesting ; and in the views it gives of the warrings of passion with reason , the displays it affords of motley man , profoundly mstru & ive . Extracts from the work , and illustrations of our opinion , shall appear in the next number .
Biographical , Literary , and Political Anecdotes of several of the most eminent Per sons of tbe present __»_ ; usitb an Appendix , consisting of original , explanatory , and scarce Paperr . By the Author of Anecdotes of tiie late Earl of Chatham . 3 vols . 1 / . \ s . Longman . IN our last we gave a short analysis of this work , and now proceed to fulfill cur promise of making extracts . In the sketch of the Duke of Grafton , thc