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Review Of New Publications .
portrait . ^ No wonder that he should feel indignant at this fresh instance of cruelty , injustice , and oppression , exercised by the Republic of France over his devoted country . He remonstrates against their invasion of Switzerland in a spirited manner ; but , alas I to whom does he address his energetic appeal ? To the French nation ! " a nation which , if it suffered much fr . im the despotism of an absolute monarchy , suffers now much more from oligarchic tyranny , the loss of
liberty , the loss of trade , the loss of wealth ! Mr . Lavater , after enumerating their promises to the Swiss , and in every instance the total disregard of such promises , concludes with the following apostrophe to the Great Nation : ' French Nation , in all thy writings thou speakest of liberty , which protects life , honour , property , loyalty , innocence ; and this liberty alone deserves that name . The liberty to menace , to oppress , to pillage , to hurl destructionisthe
^ — - liberty of another Great Nation— of the Nation of Devils . —AH blessings on him who produces the former ! throughout the universe he shall not find , a more intrepid defender than the writer of these few lines , the author of this appeal to the Great Nation , and to posterity , who , God knows , of all earthl y blessings craves none so earnestly as true liberty and equality . Ten thousand curses on him who diffuses the latter ; throughout the universe he shall not find a more intrepid enemy than myself . Open thy ( thine ) eyes , Great Nation , and deliver us from this Liberty of Hell . ' '
An Examination of Mr . Wakefield ' s Reply to the Bishop of Landaff ' s Address . By J . Ranby , Esq . % vo . is . 6 d . Stockdale . THE writer of this pamphlet " examines Mr . Wakefield ' s Reply with great acuteness and perspicuity of" reasoning . He goes through the whole of" it , article by article , and fully proves the assertion with which he sets out , 'that the Replis an ill-writtenandexcept in solitary instance incon
y , , one , an - clusive composition . ' Mr . Wakefield affirms , that within three miles of his house there is a much greater number of starving , miserable human beings , « c . than on any equal portion of ground throurh the habitable globe . ' To tins formidable declaration Mr . Ranby makes tiie following humorous and pertinent answer : ' This solemn asseveration might be safely extended to | at men and lean , tall men and short , & c . & c . for Mr . Wakefield ' s house happens to be within three miles of Londonwhereto be human
, , sure , more beings of every description are to be found than on any equal portion of ground on the habitable globe . ' The application of the application subjoined by Mr . Wakefield to the old table ot the ass and panier is excellent . This we shall extract by way of recommendation .
This application shews us , that if the poorer sort of the people are most commonl y in the wrong , when they are under any concern about the revoutions of a government , they must be in the wrong when they pay attention to tiiose weak , wicked , two penny publications that have been so industriusly circulated , in order to persuade them that they are very uuhaopy under i-ietr present government , and would be much happier if they overturned it . " IS : l PP heatl 0 n shewstllat the fable is not at all licable to the le
of c- t > app peop England , who may be worse off ( we should say very much worse off ) than * Z vlf at presen , t- - F ° , should the French ruin this country in the manner r . 4 Z ^ " ' --n 0 , ' " d have m faft dealt by Wy country within their paTth-m "' ' pefS 011 S aWe t 0 e , n P ° y so raany workmen , or to ^ fev ^ td lSt :: ' PreSenti 3 ° that ^ ' *^ - *» .
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Review Of New Publications .
portrait . ^ No wonder that he should feel indignant at this fresh instance of cruelty , injustice , and oppression , exercised by the Republic of France over his devoted country . He remonstrates against their invasion of Switzerland in a spirited manner ; but , alas I to whom does he address his energetic appeal ? To the French nation ! " a nation which , if it suffered much fr . im the despotism of an absolute monarchy , suffers now much more from oligarchic tyranny , the loss of
liberty , the loss of trade , the loss of wealth ! Mr . Lavater , after enumerating their promises to the Swiss , and in every instance the total disregard of such promises , concludes with the following apostrophe to the Great Nation : ' French Nation , in all thy writings thou speakest of liberty , which protects life , honour , property , loyalty , innocence ; and this liberty alone deserves that name . The liberty to menace , to oppress , to pillage , to hurl destructionisthe
^ — - liberty of another Great Nation— of the Nation of Devils . —AH blessings on him who produces the former ! throughout the universe he shall not find , a more intrepid defender than the writer of these few lines , the author of this appeal to the Great Nation , and to posterity , who , God knows , of all earthl y blessings craves none so earnestly as true liberty and equality . Ten thousand curses on him who diffuses the latter ; throughout the universe he shall not find a more intrepid enemy than myself . Open thy ( thine ) eyes , Great Nation , and deliver us from this Liberty of Hell . ' '
An Examination of Mr . Wakefield ' s Reply to the Bishop of Landaff ' s Address . By J . Ranby , Esq . % vo . is . 6 d . Stockdale . THE writer of this pamphlet " examines Mr . Wakefield ' s Reply with great acuteness and perspicuity of" reasoning . He goes through the whole of" it , article by article , and fully proves the assertion with which he sets out , 'that the Replis an ill-writtenandexcept in solitary instance incon
y , , one , an - clusive composition . ' Mr . Wakefield affirms , that within three miles of his house there is a much greater number of starving , miserable human beings , « c . than on any equal portion of ground throurh the habitable globe . ' To tins formidable declaration Mr . Ranby makes tiie following humorous and pertinent answer : ' This solemn asseveration might be safely extended to | at men and lean , tall men and short , & c . & c . for Mr . Wakefield ' s house happens to be within three miles of Londonwhereto be human
, , sure , more beings of every description are to be found than on any equal portion of ground on the habitable globe . ' The application of the application subjoined by Mr . Wakefield to the old table ot the ass and panier is excellent . This we shall extract by way of recommendation .
This application shews us , that if the poorer sort of the people are most commonl y in the wrong , when they are under any concern about the revoutions of a government , they must be in the wrong when they pay attention to tiiose weak , wicked , two penny publications that have been so industriusly circulated , in order to persuade them that they are very uuhaopy under i-ietr present government , and would be much happier if they overturned it . " IS : l PP heatl 0 n shewstllat the fable is not at all licable to the le
of c- t > app peop England , who may be worse off ( we should say very much worse off ) than * Z vlf at presen , t- - F ° , should the French ruin this country in the manner r . 4 Z ^ " ' --n 0 , ' " d have m faft dealt by Wy country within their paTth-m "' ' pefS 011 S aWe t 0 e , n P ° y so raany workmen , or to ^ fev ^ td lSt :: ' PreSenti 3 ° that ^ ' *^ - *» .