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Memoirs Of William Perfect, M. D.

The " Pastoral Sketches , " wliich obtained a succession of silver - medals , and appeared in the Sentimental Magazine , possess a strain of rural elegance and taste , and are not among the least happy imitations of Shenstone and Cunningham . These juvenile efforts of merit have , been since revised , corrected , and reprinted in the Gentleman ' s Magazine , andseveralOdes , Sonnets , Elegies , & c , & c , have occasionally likewise been inserted in the EuropeanUniversalFreemasonsand

se-, , , veral other periodical prints , and breathe that pure spirit of poetry , good taste , and delicatesentiment , which will always command attention , and not unfrequently excite admiration . Among his -earliest performances we recollect a " Bavin of Bays , "' in one volume nmo , " The Laurel Wreath" in two volumes nmo , both printed by subscription , and honoured with a numerous list

of respectable names ; next to these we find "An Elegy on ihe Great Storm in 1773 , " which had an uncommonly rapid sale ; indeed it contained a most beautiful description of that awful and memorable war of the elements : the intense heat which preceded it is emphatically expressed in the following beautiful line : " When nature panted from her inmost scat . "

The " Snowy Day , " a pastoral sketch , has been esteemed a faithful copy of that picturesque scene , and his other fugitive p ieces possess very considerable merit . He is also the author of '' - Ennevilla , au Elegy "" Tbs Deserted Rookery "— " The Peasant , ofthe Cliff "— " The Crisis , " and many other pieces which have never j-et been published , but which , from tlie specimens he has already given in this line of writing ,

• vie hope he will be induced to make better known . It is but justice to Dr . Perfect to remark , that he is particularly interesting and graceful in the delivery of his orations ; his wit and vivacity render him a most agreeable companion , and his convivial powers occasion his company to be courted by the first characters of the age . No traits , however , are more conspicuous th-an his hospitality and good natureand if his feelings are sometimes roused to a momentary warmth

, candour will attribute if to a nice sense of honour , and a strict adherence topropriety . A rich vein of humour pervades his conversation , and-when inclined to be satirical his remarks neither proceed from illtemper or malignity , but are always directed by liberality , which will never prostitute the mirth , of the moment to mean reflection or personal invective . The same adherence to rectitude is conspicuous in all

his literary productions , wheie servility has never directed his pen to false panegyric or fulsome adulation . He hasacquired an independency by the most laudable industry , and his innocent hilarity well display that native goodness of heart which is exemplified in the exercise of benevolence , and humane attention to meliorate ihe sufferings ofthe unfortunate persons who become the- immediate objects of his

peculiar care and compassion . Dr . Perfect is , in the relations of private life , a kind Master , an affectionate Parent , a steady Friend , and lives as much beloved by bis acquaintance as perhaps any Gentleman in the kingdom , and as much respected by all those who-know him best . He unites the qualifications of the Scholar with those of the Gentleman ; he has long distinguish-

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CONTENTS. Article 1
LONDON : Article 1
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
Untitled Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM PERFECT, M. D. Article 4
SKETCH OF HIGH LIFE. Article 8
Untitled Article 9
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
THOUGHTS ON CALUMNY. Article 13
ANECDOTE OF SHENSTONE. Article 14
ESSAY ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 15
SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A MAYOR OF ARUNDEL. Article 17
ANECDOTE OF WILLIAM THE THIRD. Article 17
HISTORY OF MASONRY. Article 18
DISSERTATIONS ON THE POLITE ARTS. No. IV. Article 23
Untitled Article 25
LETTERS FROM BARON BIELFELD. Article 28
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES. Article 31
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN: A MASONIC SERMON. Article 34
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES. Article 35
THE UNION OF LOVE TO GOD AND LOVE TO MAN:-A MASONIC SERMON. Article 38
AN ADDRESS TO THE MASON BRETHREN*. Article 42
THE STAGE. Article 46
AN IMPROPRIETY IN THE CHARACTER OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE. Article 47
ORIENTAL APOLOGUES. Article 48
RIDICULOUS CUSTOMS AND SUPERSTITIONS IN DIFFERENT NATIONS. Article 54
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 55
REMARKS ON THE DURATION OF LIFE IN MEN AND ANIMALS. Article 57
ANECDOTE OF JAMES THE FIRST. Article 59
THE MAN OF GENIUS. Article 60
DESCRIPTION OF LONDON , Article 62
ANECDOTE OF THE CELEBRATED DR. STUKELEY. Article 63
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE ALDERMAN BECKFORD. Article 63
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 64
POETRY. Article 65
STANZAS ON MASONRY. Article 66
ON VIEWING A SKELETON, Article 67
EPITAPH Article 68
EPITAPH Article 68
EPITAPH TO THE MEMORY OF COLLINS THE POET. Article 69
THE ENGLISH JUSTICE. Article 69
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 70
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 70
HOME NEWS. Article 73
HOME NEWS. Article 77
MARRIAGES. Article 81
DEATHS. Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Memoirs Of William Perfect, M. D.

The " Pastoral Sketches , " wliich obtained a succession of silver - medals , and appeared in the Sentimental Magazine , possess a strain of rural elegance and taste , and are not among the least happy imitations of Shenstone and Cunningham . These juvenile efforts of merit have , been since revised , corrected , and reprinted in the Gentleman ' s Magazine , andseveralOdes , Sonnets , Elegies , & c , & c , have occasionally likewise been inserted in the EuropeanUniversalFreemasonsand

se-, , , veral other periodical prints , and breathe that pure spirit of poetry , good taste , and delicatesentiment , which will always command attention , and not unfrequently excite admiration . Among his -earliest performances we recollect a " Bavin of Bays , "' in one volume nmo , " The Laurel Wreath" in two volumes nmo , both printed by subscription , and honoured with a numerous list

of respectable names ; next to these we find "An Elegy on ihe Great Storm in 1773 , " which had an uncommonly rapid sale ; indeed it contained a most beautiful description of that awful and memorable war of the elements : the intense heat which preceded it is emphatically expressed in the following beautiful line : " When nature panted from her inmost scat . "

The " Snowy Day , " a pastoral sketch , has been esteemed a faithful copy of that picturesque scene , and his other fugitive p ieces possess very considerable merit . He is also the author of '' - Ennevilla , au Elegy "" Tbs Deserted Rookery "— " The Peasant , ofthe Cliff "— " The Crisis , " and many other pieces which have never j-et been published , but which , from tlie specimens he has already given in this line of writing ,

• vie hope he will be induced to make better known . It is but justice to Dr . Perfect to remark , that he is particularly interesting and graceful in the delivery of his orations ; his wit and vivacity render him a most agreeable companion , and his convivial powers occasion his company to be courted by the first characters of the age . No traits , however , are more conspicuous th-an his hospitality and good natureand if his feelings are sometimes roused to a momentary warmth

, candour will attribute if to a nice sense of honour , and a strict adherence topropriety . A rich vein of humour pervades his conversation , and-when inclined to be satirical his remarks neither proceed from illtemper or malignity , but are always directed by liberality , which will never prostitute the mirth , of the moment to mean reflection or personal invective . The same adherence to rectitude is conspicuous in all

his literary productions , wheie servility has never directed his pen to false panegyric or fulsome adulation . He hasacquired an independency by the most laudable industry , and his innocent hilarity well display that native goodness of heart which is exemplified in the exercise of benevolence , and humane attention to meliorate ihe sufferings ofthe unfortunate persons who become the- immediate objects of his

peculiar care and compassion . Dr . Perfect is , in the relations of private life , a kind Master , an affectionate Parent , a steady Friend , and lives as much beloved by bis acquaintance as perhaps any Gentleman in the kingdom , and as much respected by all those who-know him best . He unites the qualifications of the Scholar with those of the Gentleman ; he has long distinguish-

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