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Review Of New Publications.
' Lady Mary . And you have the vanity to suppose you took him from me ? ' Miss Dorrillon : Silence;—Reserve your anger to defend , and riot to attack me . We should be allies by the co-. umo . V ties of poverty : and ' tis time to arm , for here ' s tise enemy . '
The Influence of Local AltschiSteitl v / ilb respect to Home . A Poeih . THIS Poem is the production of the Rev . Mr . Polwhele , a gentleman Well-known to the world for a variety of p > _ tic : il produ-f i in-. It t .-:, probibly , an amplification of i . small pjjm which appeared a few years since in the G- 'ntlemxi ' s M ipzii . e , entitled Duke Domain , fri part f . the efliciciit cause of Ideal attachment is shsivn to bsiii the mind as aited upon by exterh il objefenot in external obicts a- , ailing li the mind- In part il . lo ^ -
, pon c-. il attachment is dUp ' . ayc'd o . i the -pot w ' vereit originates ; during absence frcim that spot ; and on our return to that spot after absence . The final cause of * of thi . ; pission , its uniformity to our f-inlilies iii the exercise of our domestic virtues-, and , on a ' . viclcr sc-ile , to olir country , in the exercise of the patriotic . Of the private sensation .- , ws might iii . rance the Devonian recollecting liiickf ' ast Abbey 5 but we camlot rifuSe a . p lace to tii- two concluding Bt : mzu _ :
O lay-, v .: scowling cynics , who cUride All tenderness of feeling , a . id austere Glancethe c-jlrf e-. ' e of philosophic pride ' Oii those to whom domestic scenes are dear---Say , when i . i <" -iick emotion starts ihe tear To Valour ' s eye , ignobly doas . it How ? Does not the patriot check thu dread career Of hostile squadron-and wiili rcumlv glow
, , Shielding his menae'd hand , avert the fatal . Slow . Does he not bid wide forests wave around ^ And o ' er the vale ' s : iiUumti ; . l fruitage bloom ? Does he not Bid th' harmon-oas ami ! sound , . And speed the glowing labours ot" the loom '; Where silence hover'd o'er a waste of jrlodm , Say , tho' the vengeance of his hand hath hurl'd
The shaft of death to seal th' invader's doom , Are not tiisa . ve-inspiringsails unfurl'd ;' His country t ' euridi , yet bless the enlighten'd world ?" If there be aught reprehensible hi this poem , it is the frequency of compound epithets which so milcfi infest modern pjetry . A Lciterlolhe llon . Tboma : Erskine , containing some Strictures on his View of tbe Causes and Consequences of the present War with France . B y John Gilford , Esq . Svo . fares tXd . Price js . Longman .
AMONG the many writers who have stood forward to reply to the pamphlet of Mr . Thomas Erskine , Mr . G ifford holds a distinguished rank . As the avowed advocate of the present Administration he has been long known : uud the present perform . mce will be . read with pleasure by every one wh ;> consider- the present War as just and necessary . A great deal of personal abuse is , of course , heaped on Mr . Erskine and every member of Opposition . This Mr . Gilrbi-d , perhaps , mistakes for argument : aud when he asserts his ' own infallibility and wisdom , and the weakness and ignorance of his adversaries , he probably has vanity enottdi to think the world will believe ' him .
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Review Of New Publications.
' Lady Mary . And you have the vanity to suppose you took him from me ? ' Miss Dorrillon : Silence;—Reserve your anger to defend , and riot to attack me . We should be allies by the co-. umo . V ties of poverty : and ' tis time to arm , for here ' s tise enemy . '
The Influence of Local AltschiSteitl v / ilb respect to Home . A Poeih . THIS Poem is the production of the Rev . Mr . Polwhele , a gentleman Well-known to the world for a variety of p > _ tic : il produ-f i in-. It t .-:, probibly , an amplification of i . small pjjm which appeared a few years since in the G- 'ntlemxi ' s M ipzii . e , entitled Duke Domain , fri part f . the efliciciit cause of Ideal attachment is shsivn to bsiii the mind as aited upon by exterh il objefenot in external obicts a- , ailing li the mind- In part il . lo ^ -
, pon c-. il attachment is dUp ' . ayc'd o . i the -pot w ' vereit originates ; during absence frcim that spot ; and on our return to that spot after absence . The final cause of * of thi . ; pission , its uniformity to our f-inlilies iii the exercise of our domestic virtues-, and , on a ' . viclcr sc-ile , to olir country , in the exercise of the patriotic . Of the private sensation .- , ws might iii . rance the Devonian recollecting liiickf ' ast Abbey 5 but we camlot rifuSe a . p lace to tii- two concluding Bt : mzu _ :
O lay-, v .: scowling cynics , who cUride All tenderness of feeling , a . id austere Glancethe c-jlrf e-. ' e of philosophic pride ' Oii those to whom domestic scenes are dear---Say , when i . i <" -iick emotion starts ihe tear To Valour ' s eye , ignobly doas . it How ? Does not the patriot check thu dread career Of hostile squadron-and wiili rcumlv glow
, , Shielding his menae'd hand , avert the fatal . Slow . Does he not bid wide forests wave around ^ And o ' er the vale ' s : iiUumti ; . l fruitage bloom ? Does he not Bid th' harmon-oas ami ! sound , . And speed the glowing labours ot" the loom '; Where silence hover'd o'er a waste of jrlodm , Say , tho' the vengeance of his hand hath hurl'd
The shaft of death to seal th' invader's doom , Are not tiisa . ve-inspiringsails unfurl'd ;' His country t ' euridi , yet bless the enlighten'd world ?" If there be aught reprehensible hi this poem , it is the frequency of compound epithets which so milcfi infest modern pjetry . A Lciterlolhe llon . Tboma : Erskine , containing some Strictures on his View of tbe Causes and Consequences of the present War with France . B y John Gilford , Esq . Svo . fares tXd . Price js . Longman .
AMONG the many writers who have stood forward to reply to the pamphlet of Mr . Thomas Erskine , Mr . G ifford holds a distinguished rank . As the avowed advocate of the present Administration he has been long known : uud the present perform . mce will be . read with pleasure by every one wh ;> consider- the present War as just and necessary . A great deal of personal abuse is , of course , heaped on Mr . Erskine and every member of Opposition . This Mr . Gilrbi-d , perhaps , mistakes for argument : aud when he asserts his ' own infallibility and wisdom , and the weakness and ignorance of his adversaries , he probably has vanity enottdi to think the world will believe ' him .