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Review Of New Publications.
the director of our worship ; but whether we will have any religion at all ; whether a spurious and unprinci pled philosophy shall not deprive tis of all the comforts of piety , and al ! the promises of tbe gospel . ' As the sentiments are just , and the reasoning is strong , the composition is elegant . The author displays singular talents for writing moral discourses : and we hope he will afford to the world future opportunities of doing justice to his literary qualifications .
The History , or Anecloles , of the Revolution in Russia , in the Year IJ 6 Z . Trans * latedfrom the French of M . de Rulbicre . 11 . 71 : 0 . 4 , - . Longman . ACCORDING to the statements which these Anecdotes exhibit , nothing could equal the pusillanimous and absurd conduct of Peter , but the spirit of enterprize and address which Catharine displayed . From the history of the manuscript of which -its is a translation , it appears that it was written bM .
y de Ruihiere while resident in Russia at the period of the revolution ; that lie possessed the very best sources of information , and that the manuscript was kept according to the author ' s particular injunctions , till the death of the Empress . If the autlicnticity of these Anecdotes be admitted , theguilt of deposition , and subsequent assassination ( which , has rarely been doubted ) is here sufficiently proved against the successor . This important subjedt is farther illustrated in a work which forms the first article of our Review .
The English Nun , a Novel . ST . ' .. 4 .. * . 6 d . Lane . A VERY unexceptionable , interesting , and affecting tale , related in a good style , and calculated at once to excite the most tender feelings , and by the example of the principal personages , to animate the fortitude of those who may be placed in situations of similar difficulty and trial . The catastrophe is somewhat abrupt , and will be unsatisfactory to most readers .
The Jacobin ' s Lamentation ; or the Poor too Rich . Svo . is . Hatchard . A VERY happy and well-timed jeu d' esprit , in the manner of the Knife-Grinder , and with a similar moral ; clearly proving ,-in good-humouied verse , that ample provision is made in this country for every species of distress ancl calamity . Elegy on the Death of the Riht Honourable Edmund Burke . BMrs . West
g y , Author of the Gossip ' s Story , Miscellaneous Poems , a Tragedy , tSc . 4 / 0 . is . Longman . MRS . WEST , in taking up the elegiac strain for Mr . Burke , has neither done injustice to his fame , nor injury to her own . We can only find room for a small specimen , but willingly recommend the whole . ' Friend of thy country I friend of human kind I
Whose lofty spirit nobly spuni'd control , Whose errors spoke a pure ingenuous mind—Peace to thy dust , ancl blessings on th y soul ! Go—join the host , of" Britain ' s mighty dead , Review th y Wentwoith ' mid surrounding stars , Hear Falkland blame the King for whom he bled . See Hampden blush to mention Freedom ' s wars .
There , where tbe virtuous , tho' in life disjoin ' cl , Confess the sympathy of kindred worth , Go—with unfading wreaths thy temples bind , While toil and sorrow vex the troubled earth , '
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Review Of New Publications.
the director of our worship ; but whether we will have any religion at all ; whether a spurious and unprinci pled philosophy shall not deprive tis of all the comforts of piety , and al ! the promises of tbe gospel . ' As the sentiments are just , and the reasoning is strong , the composition is elegant . The author displays singular talents for writing moral discourses : and we hope he will afford to the world future opportunities of doing justice to his literary qualifications .
The History , or Anecloles , of the Revolution in Russia , in the Year IJ 6 Z . Trans * latedfrom the French of M . de Rulbicre . 11 . 71 : 0 . 4 , - . Longman . ACCORDING to the statements which these Anecdotes exhibit , nothing could equal the pusillanimous and absurd conduct of Peter , but the spirit of enterprize and address which Catharine displayed . From the history of the manuscript of which -its is a translation , it appears that it was written bM .
y de Ruihiere while resident in Russia at the period of the revolution ; that lie possessed the very best sources of information , and that the manuscript was kept according to the author ' s particular injunctions , till the death of the Empress . If the autlicnticity of these Anecdotes be admitted , theguilt of deposition , and subsequent assassination ( which , has rarely been doubted ) is here sufficiently proved against the successor . This important subjedt is farther illustrated in a work which forms the first article of our Review .
The English Nun , a Novel . ST . ' .. 4 .. * . 6 d . Lane . A VERY unexceptionable , interesting , and affecting tale , related in a good style , and calculated at once to excite the most tender feelings , and by the example of the principal personages , to animate the fortitude of those who may be placed in situations of similar difficulty and trial . The catastrophe is somewhat abrupt , and will be unsatisfactory to most readers .
The Jacobin ' s Lamentation ; or the Poor too Rich . Svo . is . Hatchard . A VERY happy and well-timed jeu d' esprit , in the manner of the Knife-Grinder , and with a similar moral ; clearly proving ,-in good-humouied verse , that ample provision is made in this country for every species of distress ancl calamity . Elegy on the Death of the Riht Honourable Edmund Burke . BMrs . West
g y , Author of the Gossip ' s Story , Miscellaneous Poems , a Tragedy , tSc . 4 / 0 . is . Longman . MRS . WEST , in taking up the elegiac strain for Mr . Burke , has neither done injustice to his fame , nor injury to her own . We can only find room for a small specimen , but willingly recommend the whole . ' Friend of thy country I friend of human kind I
Whose lofty spirit nobly spuni'd control , Whose errors spoke a pure ingenuous mind—Peace to thy dust , ancl blessings on th y soul ! Go—join the host , of" Britain ' s mighty dead , Review th y Wentwoith ' mid surrounding stars , Hear Falkland blame the King for whom he bled . See Hampden blush to mention Freedom ' s wars .
There , where tbe virtuous , tho' in life disjoin ' cl , Confess the sympathy of kindred worth , Go—with unfading wreaths thy temples bind , While toil and sorrow vex the troubled earth , '