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Review Of New Publications.
all Asia , they exert their natural genius for trade , principally in speculations as money changers ; and individuals who gain immense prope ' rtv , prefer living peaceably in Constantinople , to returni ' iis ; into their own ' count : ' ,- . The chief towns of Armenia arej Eizroom , Kars , Trebison-. le , an . l Sir . a-7 . id ; and the inhabitant of these , who carries arms , and ranks as :- sekkr , holds in contempt him of Constantinople , who seldom quits his c-. ju . ifc .-r . ' _ The number of versifiers among the Turks , as among all the Aska ; : nations
, is nearly equal to the number of those who can write or sin ; : ' . v . ii - , ire Turkey , as elsewhere , the list of pyets is comparatively small . "' 'To those mentioned b y Mr . Dallaway , as elegant and spirited , we may add several names ; such as Naati , Akeli , Shahedi , JEnka , Axcea , and others : but it will be found-, that , even of the best , the chief beauties may be ascribed < o tlisir close imitation of the Persians , whom they make their poetical model ; they not only imitate the style of" HafaSadiOorfiAnvariSecbut borrow
, , , , . freely the thoughts , and often the very word * , of these poets . In their prose compositions , the Turks evince a greater share of originality . Mr . D . gives an extract from the T . irick j Hi / idil Gharbi , or History of America ^ and the West-Indies . This pa-sage describes an island called ~ Vak Vak , which receives its name from this sound , occasionally uttered by the beautiful women ' who hang by tae hair from the trees of this extraordinary place , like fruit pendent from the branches . We must here remark ' that M
, . Galland , in a note to the Voyage of Sindbad tbe sailor ( in the Arabian Nights ) is of opinion , that Vak Vak , or iVak IVak , is one of the Japanese islands : and , in a very curious Turkish poem , containing the fabulous history of Alexander the Great ( preserved in the British Museum , and certainly written before the dis" -wery of America , being a MS . of the fourteenth century ) the Macedonian hero is said to have visited the island of Pah Vak .
The 26 th sedtion gives an account of the modern Greek language , with two specimens of poetical compositions , prettily translated iiwerse , and given , as pronounced , in English characters . A literal translation should have accompanied the paraphrase . Mr . Dallaway closes his work , by encouraging others to visit the regions of the Levant , ' whose spirit of inquiry may be supported by superior erudition , and attended by the happiest event . There still remains a wide field for abler investigation . ' He announces his intention of publishing a History of the Ottoman Empire : which , from this specimen of his abilities , the literary world will expect with eagerness .
A Sermon preached at St . James ' s Church , on the Fast-Day . By the Rev . William Barrow , L . L . D . and Master of the Academy , Soho-square . is . Rivingtons . THE subject is the motives to patriotism , and the duties it requires . The importance of the subject , and the excellence of the execution , induce us to devote a greater portion of attention to this discourse than we usually bestow on single sermons . While the fanciful votaries of the new philosophy endeavour to eradicate partial affedtions , men of " real wisdom so regulate and
diredt them , as to render them the most efficacious means to happiness . The visionaries propose that all particular benevolence shall be absorbed in what they call ' universal benevolence . ' In other words , that the energies shall cease to operate , where they can produce very great effect , ancl act only where they can produce very little . The wise , from " Cicero to Burke , recommend the endearments of parental and filial love , and of friendship and patriotism , as the aggregate of more private attachments . Taking this general view of the _ subject , the able writer enumerates , in the more particular affedtions , the motives to that which embraces the rest—Cari farentes , carl liber ' s , carl propinqui , carifatniliares . Omnes autem carilatis patria una complexeres . '
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Review Of New Publications.
all Asia , they exert their natural genius for trade , principally in speculations as money changers ; and individuals who gain immense prope ' rtv , prefer living peaceably in Constantinople , to returni ' iis ; into their own ' count : ' ,- . The chief towns of Armenia arej Eizroom , Kars , Trebison-. le , an . l Sir . a-7 . id ; and the inhabitant of these , who carries arms , and ranks as :- sekkr , holds in contempt him of Constantinople , who seldom quits his c-. ju . ifc .-r . ' _ The number of versifiers among the Turks , as among all the Aska ; : nations
, is nearly equal to the number of those who can write or sin ; : ' . v . ii - , ire Turkey , as elsewhere , the list of pyets is comparatively small . "' 'To those mentioned b y Mr . Dallaway , as elegant and spirited , we may add several names ; such as Naati , Akeli , Shahedi , JEnka , Axcea , and others : but it will be found-, that , even of the best , the chief beauties may be ascribed < o tlisir close imitation of the Persians , whom they make their poetical model ; they not only imitate the style of" HafaSadiOorfiAnvariSecbut borrow
, , , , . freely the thoughts , and often the very word * , of these poets . In their prose compositions , the Turks evince a greater share of originality . Mr . D . gives an extract from the T . irick j Hi / idil Gharbi , or History of America ^ and the West-Indies . This pa-sage describes an island called ~ Vak Vak , which receives its name from this sound , occasionally uttered by the beautiful women ' who hang by tae hair from the trees of this extraordinary place , like fruit pendent from the branches . We must here remark ' that M
, . Galland , in a note to the Voyage of Sindbad tbe sailor ( in the Arabian Nights ) is of opinion , that Vak Vak , or iVak IVak , is one of the Japanese islands : and , in a very curious Turkish poem , containing the fabulous history of Alexander the Great ( preserved in the British Museum , and certainly written before the dis" -wery of America , being a MS . of the fourteenth century ) the Macedonian hero is said to have visited the island of Pah Vak .
The 26 th sedtion gives an account of the modern Greek language , with two specimens of poetical compositions , prettily translated iiwerse , and given , as pronounced , in English characters . A literal translation should have accompanied the paraphrase . Mr . Dallaway closes his work , by encouraging others to visit the regions of the Levant , ' whose spirit of inquiry may be supported by superior erudition , and attended by the happiest event . There still remains a wide field for abler investigation . ' He announces his intention of publishing a History of the Ottoman Empire : which , from this specimen of his abilities , the literary world will expect with eagerness .
A Sermon preached at St . James ' s Church , on the Fast-Day . By the Rev . William Barrow , L . L . D . and Master of the Academy , Soho-square . is . Rivingtons . THE subject is the motives to patriotism , and the duties it requires . The importance of the subject , and the excellence of the execution , induce us to devote a greater portion of attention to this discourse than we usually bestow on single sermons . While the fanciful votaries of the new philosophy endeavour to eradicate partial affedtions , men of " real wisdom so regulate and
diredt them , as to render them the most efficacious means to happiness . The visionaries propose that all particular benevolence shall be absorbed in what they call ' universal benevolence . ' In other words , that the energies shall cease to operate , where they can produce very great effect , ancl act only where they can produce very little . The wise , from " Cicero to Burke , recommend the endearments of parental and filial love , and of friendship and patriotism , as the aggregate of more private attachments . Taking this general view of the _ subject , the able writer enumerates , in the more particular affedtions , the motives to that which embraces the rest—Cari farentes , carl liber ' s , carl propinqui , carifatniliares . Omnes autem carilatis patria una complexeres . '