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Review Of New Publications.
* He who , in visiting those provinces , examines and reflects upon the admirable positions of all the renowned cities of " antiquity , now in-a great measure destroyed , and notices the actual extensive tracts of uninhabited country , at the same time bearing , in mind the beauty of the climate , can no longer be astonished that the ancient writers should have enumerated the armiesand population of the different nation , and cities at so high a rate , especially when various other causes are recoilecled . '
In describing the present state of the country , particularly with regard to ¦ sericulture ' , in all its branches , pur author frequently compares it with that of former times , in quotations from the Roman writers , subjoined- to his narrative by way of notes . [ To be concluded in our Next . ] The Beauties of HistoryorFigures of Virtue and Vice : drawn from Examples
; , of Men eminent for their Virtues , or infamous for their Vices . SeleSedfor the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth . By the late W . Dodd , L . L . D . The Second Edition , with considerable additions and Improvements ; and ornamented with Vignettes by Bewick ' . London , 179 6 . IN the present age , dissipated and frivolous as it is , we have frequent occasion to observe , that great and-judicious pains are takenin order to train the
minds of the rising generation in just views of things , and in sentiments of virtue . It is evident from- the nature of the mind prone to imitation , from whence indeed every thing , even the use of speech is learnt ; and it is certain from experience , that books , as well as : early conversation , have a mighty influence in determining the human character , and directing the energy of th ' e mind in onedireclion , rather than another . The work before us is a judicious and' p leasing collection , and , with singular felicity ,. seasons the useful it selecled bthe late
with the ; palatable-. The greatest part-of was y Dr . Dodd ; arid , by him , intended-to illustrate and exemplify his Sermons to young Men . The sermons-are'intended for those who have arrived at maturity in judgment ; this cblleft'ion for ' youth of more tender years , as' a cheap and useful present , From which they may derive equal entertainment and improvement . ' An Essay on the necessity of revealed Relig ion . Second Edition . ¦ zzma . Pages 169 : Price is . dd . Rivingtons ' . 179 6 .
THE attacks that have been directed with such contumelious violence against revealed religion , have p roduced some able and ingenious disquisitions on its authenticity and evidence .. The writer of the present tracl may j . ustb ' be considered as deserving a place among those who have - laboured witl / zeal and ability , in the defence of ail excellent cause . Nor has he laboured without eff ' eit , since this second edition appears " so speedily after thfe first , which was published in 1794 .. This essay was " at first occasioned" b y Conventionin November
the atheistical proceedings of the French' ' , 1793-. The author ' s reason ; for giving it the form it bears , is thus expressed'in his advertisement . ' Treatises on theological subjecls are sometimes so prolix , that the avocations of- men will not allow sufficient time for their perusal . To avoid this obieftion , 'instead of detaining the reader by a minute and' particular history of Paganism , such an outline of it has only been taken , as was necessary to .
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Review Of New Publications.
* He who , in visiting those provinces , examines and reflects upon the admirable positions of all the renowned cities of " antiquity , now in-a great measure destroyed , and notices the actual extensive tracts of uninhabited country , at the same time bearing , in mind the beauty of the climate , can no longer be astonished that the ancient writers should have enumerated the armiesand population of the different nation , and cities at so high a rate , especially when various other causes are recoilecled . '
In describing the present state of the country , particularly with regard to ¦ sericulture ' , in all its branches , pur author frequently compares it with that of former times , in quotations from the Roman writers , subjoined- to his narrative by way of notes . [ To be concluded in our Next . ] The Beauties of HistoryorFigures of Virtue and Vice : drawn from Examples
; , of Men eminent for their Virtues , or infamous for their Vices . SeleSedfor the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth . By the late W . Dodd , L . L . D . The Second Edition , with considerable additions and Improvements ; and ornamented with Vignettes by Bewick ' . London , 179 6 . IN the present age , dissipated and frivolous as it is , we have frequent occasion to observe , that great and-judicious pains are takenin order to train the
minds of the rising generation in just views of things , and in sentiments of virtue . It is evident from- the nature of the mind prone to imitation , from whence indeed every thing , even the use of speech is learnt ; and it is certain from experience , that books , as well as : early conversation , have a mighty influence in determining the human character , and directing the energy of th ' e mind in onedireclion , rather than another . The work before us is a judicious and' p leasing collection , and , with singular felicity ,. seasons the useful it selecled bthe late
with the ; palatable-. The greatest part-of was y Dr . Dodd ; arid , by him , intended-to illustrate and exemplify his Sermons to young Men . The sermons-are'intended for those who have arrived at maturity in judgment ; this cblleft'ion for ' youth of more tender years , as' a cheap and useful present , From which they may derive equal entertainment and improvement . ' An Essay on the necessity of revealed Relig ion . Second Edition . ¦ zzma . Pages 169 : Price is . dd . Rivingtons ' . 179 6 .
THE attacks that have been directed with such contumelious violence against revealed religion , have p roduced some able and ingenious disquisitions on its authenticity and evidence .. The writer of the present tracl may j . ustb ' be considered as deserving a place among those who have - laboured witl / zeal and ability , in the defence of ail excellent cause . Nor has he laboured without eff ' eit , since this second edition appears " so speedily after thfe first , which was published in 1794 .. This essay was " at first occasioned" b y Conventionin November
the atheistical proceedings of the French' ' , 1793-. The author ' s reason ; for giving it the form it bears , is thus expressed'in his advertisement . ' Treatises on theological subjecls are sometimes so prolix , that the avocations of- men will not allow sufficient time for their perusal . To avoid this obieftion , 'instead of detaining the reader by a minute and' particular history of Paganism , such an outline of it has only been taken , as was necessary to .