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Review Of New Publications.
. ' The author begs leave to assure his readers in general , that he has not penned a sentiment or an opinion , in whose justness and truth he has not a full confidence himself ; whilst , OP the other hand , he has not restrained himself at any time in expressing his own convictions on every important particular contained within the scope of his design ; and throughout the whole he has . not submitted in any instance to the authority of any man or book , beyond the extent ofhis own approbation . '
The following observations respecting the Jews are very liberal . ' One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven years ago , the Jews knew the Hebrew language only from books ; Rome was finally conquered by Odoacer in the year 47 6 , and colloquial Latin never entirely ceased hi Italy ; and Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Second , no further back than the year 1453 , during the reign of our Henry the Sixth ; and a dialeEl of Greek exists as a living language even at the present day .
The final ruin of the external temple and the city by Titus , the total dispersion of the people , the scandalous persecutions carried on by the military and ecclesiastical tyrants of Europe , the uncommon genius tor traffic and for the acquisition of the modern languages and dialects of the whole world , for which the Jews are celebrated , are additional impediments to the
renovation of critical and philological authority . But while the Jews stand thus divested of all peculiar title to spiritual and literary importance , without injustice , there is another point of view , where liberality , yea equity , should make a better discrimination , than hath hitherto been done . That they are people addicted even excessively to the arts of gain , is not to be denied : but such a spirit , if restricted within due bounds , is not onl y
useful to the individual , but also to the state ; and in some cases , it is even a virtue : yet liberality should not stop here ; an answer ought to be given to those , who reproach them with a general moral turpitude and depravity . If they are not so good as they mig ht be , to whom is this attributable , but to those , who dare to pluck from , their fellow man the fair flower of a good name , and blast all his blossoms of independent honour?—Despise a man , and he is instantldeprived of an active motive to well doing . And whilst
y the Christian , to whom it is applicable , considers this , let him also reflect on the loss of that bright New Jerusalem gem , which be at the same time wantonl y detaches from his own bosom , CHARITY \—That Jews do very shameful things , is certainly true : and that Christians are liable to the same reproach , is no less so ; but the fable of the lion and the man will discover the real ground of many popular prejudices .
' Were it necessary to prove , that Jews are capable of noble , just , and generous disinterestedness , the author could do this from splendid and recent examples ; butitis enough to say , THEY ARE MEN . ' The College . A Satire . Canto I , and 11 . ivo . y . 6 d . Cawthorn . THIS lively and well-written performance originates in the celebrated litigation between the Licentiates and the Royal College of Physicians . This
venerable seat of ^ Esculapius has often been made the sport of the vyicked wits . One of its own members attacked it with no small asperity above a century ago , in the Dispensary . The present performance is certainly the most ingenious and spirited satire that has appeared on the subject : since the production of Garth . Other satires have usually come from men of wit only , but the one now before us is evidently from a brother who is feelingly alive to She subject he has so ably handled . The high pretensions of the College are ridiculed with no little force , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
. ' The author begs leave to assure his readers in general , that he has not penned a sentiment or an opinion , in whose justness and truth he has not a full confidence himself ; whilst , OP the other hand , he has not restrained himself at any time in expressing his own convictions on every important particular contained within the scope of his design ; and throughout the whole he has . not submitted in any instance to the authority of any man or book , beyond the extent ofhis own approbation . '
The following observations respecting the Jews are very liberal . ' One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven years ago , the Jews knew the Hebrew language only from books ; Rome was finally conquered by Odoacer in the year 47 6 , and colloquial Latin never entirely ceased hi Italy ; and Constantinople was taken by Mahomet the Second , no further back than the year 1453 , during the reign of our Henry the Sixth ; and a dialeEl of Greek exists as a living language even at the present day .
The final ruin of the external temple and the city by Titus , the total dispersion of the people , the scandalous persecutions carried on by the military and ecclesiastical tyrants of Europe , the uncommon genius tor traffic and for the acquisition of the modern languages and dialects of the whole world , for which the Jews are celebrated , are additional impediments to the
renovation of critical and philological authority . But while the Jews stand thus divested of all peculiar title to spiritual and literary importance , without injustice , there is another point of view , where liberality , yea equity , should make a better discrimination , than hath hitherto been done . That they are people addicted even excessively to the arts of gain , is not to be denied : but such a spirit , if restricted within due bounds , is not onl y
useful to the individual , but also to the state ; and in some cases , it is even a virtue : yet liberality should not stop here ; an answer ought to be given to those , who reproach them with a general moral turpitude and depravity . If they are not so good as they mig ht be , to whom is this attributable , but to those , who dare to pluck from , their fellow man the fair flower of a good name , and blast all his blossoms of independent honour?—Despise a man , and he is instantldeprived of an active motive to well doing . And whilst
y the Christian , to whom it is applicable , considers this , let him also reflect on the loss of that bright New Jerusalem gem , which be at the same time wantonl y detaches from his own bosom , CHARITY \—That Jews do very shameful things , is certainly true : and that Christians are liable to the same reproach , is no less so ; but the fable of the lion and the man will discover the real ground of many popular prejudices .
' Were it necessary to prove , that Jews are capable of noble , just , and generous disinterestedness , the author could do this from splendid and recent examples ; butitis enough to say , THEY ARE MEN . ' The College . A Satire . Canto I , and 11 . ivo . y . 6 d . Cawthorn . THIS lively and well-written performance originates in the celebrated litigation between the Licentiates and the Royal College of Physicians . This
venerable seat of ^ Esculapius has often been made the sport of the vyicked wits . One of its own members attacked it with no small asperity above a century ago , in the Dispensary . The present performance is certainly the most ingenious and spirited satire that has appeared on the subject : since the production of Garth . Other satires have usually come from men of wit only , but the one now before us is evidently from a brother who is feelingly alive to She subject he has so ably handled . The high pretensions of the College are ridiculed with no little force , and