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Review Of New Publications.
alt , from tuhich all proceed , to nuhich all must return , and ¦ ¦ which alone can irradiate ( not our visual organs merely , but our souls and ) our intellects . What- * ever opinion , in short , may be formed of MENU and his law ? , in a country " happily enlightened by sound philosophy and the only true revelation , it must be remembered , that those laws are actually revered , as the word of the Most High , by nations of great importance to the political and commercial interests of Europe , and particularl y by many millions of Hindu subjects
, whose well-directed industry would add largely to the wealth of Britain , and , who ask no more , in return , than protection for their persons and places of abode , justice in their temporal concerns , indulgence to the prejudices of their old religion , and the benefit of those laws , which they have"been taught to ' believe sacred , and which alone they can possibly Comprehend . ' J-
Poems : by Mr . Jerningham . A Neto Edition . In Hoo Volumes . ___ .. Robson . 1706 . TO this new edition of the Poems of Mr . Jerningham , the following Ad-i vertisement is prefixed by the editor : ' The two volumes we now offer to the public contain what was comprised in the former . edition of three volumes . —The additional lines and alterations
will be noticed in their proper place . In the first edition of these Poems , the author concludes his Preface with these words , — ' It is with great diffidence that I add my literary Mite to the Treasury of English Poetry . '—In analogy to this humble metaphor , we will venture to assert , that the Mite is no counterfeit coin ; that it is not debased by an admixture of any improper alloy ; and that it came from the Poetic Mint impressed with the Image of Nature . ' - The first volume contains , The Magdalens . —Yarico to Inkle . —The Nun ,
¦ —The Nunnery . —The Deserter . —II Latte . —Matilda The Swedish Curate . —The Funeral of Arabert—together with a variety of lesser pieces . The Poems of Mr . J . are so well known , that it is almost unnecessary , at this time , to make any observations on their respective merits . Mi ght we , however , hazard all opinion , we should place the ' Nun' first aniong the Poems contained in this volume . The ' Nunnery , ' written in imitation of Gray ' s well known Elegyin some parts , we thinkalmost degenerates iiito
, , burlesque . The ' Funeral of Arabert , ' and the ' Swedish Curate , ' possessmuch merit . Of the lesser pieces , the Poem of ' Honoria , ' the Lines on the ' Author of the Ballad called , the Children in the Wood , ' and the Verses on ' the Death of Garrick , ' are very elegant . From the last of these we extract the two following lines , which are as beautiful , as any we remember to have , read : . ' 0 hallow'd Censer I form'd by magic pow'r
To waft the Incense of bright Avon ' s Flow ' r .- ' The second volume contains , The Shakspeare Gallery . —The Rise and Fall of the Northern Poetry . —Abelard to Eloisa . —Enthusiasm . —Margaret of Anjou—and a great variety of shorter compositions . The < Shakspeare Gallery , ' the editor informs us , has received the very decided approbation of the author of the Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful .
' The reader ( be says 111 a Note at the end of the Poem ) will be pleased with knowing the opinion Mr . Burke passed on this Poem when it first appeared . The imagery , in which our great Orator conveys his sentiment , forms a . new-and sublime allusion to Shakspeare . In a letter , dated- Beacons-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
alt , from tuhich all proceed , to nuhich all must return , and ¦ ¦ which alone can irradiate ( not our visual organs merely , but our souls and ) our intellects . What- * ever opinion , in short , may be formed of MENU and his law ? , in a country " happily enlightened by sound philosophy and the only true revelation , it must be remembered , that those laws are actually revered , as the word of the Most High , by nations of great importance to the political and commercial interests of Europe , and particularl y by many millions of Hindu subjects
, whose well-directed industry would add largely to the wealth of Britain , and , who ask no more , in return , than protection for their persons and places of abode , justice in their temporal concerns , indulgence to the prejudices of their old religion , and the benefit of those laws , which they have"been taught to ' believe sacred , and which alone they can possibly Comprehend . ' J-
Poems : by Mr . Jerningham . A Neto Edition . In Hoo Volumes . ___ .. Robson . 1706 . TO this new edition of the Poems of Mr . Jerningham , the following Ad-i vertisement is prefixed by the editor : ' The two volumes we now offer to the public contain what was comprised in the former . edition of three volumes . —The additional lines and alterations
will be noticed in their proper place . In the first edition of these Poems , the author concludes his Preface with these words , — ' It is with great diffidence that I add my literary Mite to the Treasury of English Poetry . '—In analogy to this humble metaphor , we will venture to assert , that the Mite is no counterfeit coin ; that it is not debased by an admixture of any improper alloy ; and that it came from the Poetic Mint impressed with the Image of Nature . ' - The first volume contains , The Magdalens . —Yarico to Inkle . —The Nun ,
¦ —The Nunnery . —The Deserter . —II Latte . —Matilda The Swedish Curate . —The Funeral of Arabert—together with a variety of lesser pieces . The Poems of Mr . J . are so well known , that it is almost unnecessary , at this time , to make any observations on their respective merits . Mi ght we , however , hazard all opinion , we should place the ' Nun' first aniong the Poems contained in this volume . The ' Nunnery , ' written in imitation of Gray ' s well known Elegyin some parts , we thinkalmost degenerates iiito
, , burlesque . The ' Funeral of Arabert , ' and the ' Swedish Curate , ' possessmuch merit . Of the lesser pieces , the Poem of ' Honoria , ' the Lines on the ' Author of the Ballad called , the Children in the Wood , ' and the Verses on ' the Death of Garrick , ' are very elegant . From the last of these we extract the two following lines , which are as beautiful , as any we remember to have , read : . ' 0 hallow'd Censer I form'd by magic pow'r
To waft the Incense of bright Avon ' s Flow ' r .- ' The second volume contains , The Shakspeare Gallery . —The Rise and Fall of the Northern Poetry . —Abelard to Eloisa . —Enthusiasm . —Margaret of Anjou—and a great variety of shorter compositions . The < Shakspeare Gallery , ' the editor informs us , has received the very decided approbation of the author of the Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful .
' The reader ( be says 111 a Note at the end of the Poem ) will be pleased with knowing the opinion Mr . Burke passed on this Poem when it first appeared . The imagery , in which our great Orator conveys his sentiment , forms a . new-and sublime allusion to Shakspeare . In a letter , dated- Beacons-