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Review Of New Publications.
of the manuscript ; but the power and independence cf the Lord of the Western Isles of Scotland , and his frequent invasions of that kingdoms-render the subject probable . Those-who doubt or deny the historical accuracy of thiswoik , may yet read it with pleasure . The verse is IVliltonic ; and the unrelenting spirit and brutal courage of Donald is well preserved , and highly coloured . When furiously pursuing the Scotch army , the spirit of one of bis slaughtered chieftains seems to arrest his progress , and fix him in a trance
at ' terror : ' The broad-back'd hero then , to rouse his lord , Thus bellow'din his ear : - " Awake ! awake ! The'Scot approaches . " Starting from his dream , As when the lion from his tawny inane Off shakes the drowsy mood , and dreadful roars , Donald aroused , with voice indignant , Ihus ,
Loud as a brazen trumpet , shook the vault Of heaven , and all the mountains echoed round : ' ¦ ' Avaunt , ignoble shade !—I am resolved To die with glory!—What is life with shame ?" Then with redoubled wrath he stalks , inflamed , To battle , frowning like a thunder sky . His tartans all were torn . His arms .
Up to the shoulder naked , smoked in blood . ' We could produce various instances of the sublime in the description of this tremendous chieftain , but they would too much extend this article . There " are not wanting passages of a religious nature in this poem , as in the beginning of the second book , where the stream of justice , springing from heaven , wanders and is . polluted on the earth , but , returning to heaven , pours itself into the lake off / terry , beside the throne of God ,
' Wherein the sernphims may bathe unsoiled , ' And view , undazzlcd the Creator ' s form . ' In the conduct : cf the loves of Flora and Pitfour we frequently meet with pathetic passages , as when the lover supports his mistress above the racinowaters ; and though nearly drowned , and his utterance choked , his voice bubbling through the wave , is heard tenderly to pronounce her name . The Author seems to possess a manly genius for the epic , that bids fair for distinction .
A Treatise en the Police of the Metropolis : containing a Detail of the various Crimes and Misdemeanois by -v / j . 'c 6 public-end prlvUe Property and Security are , at present , injured and endangered ; and suggesting Remedies for their Prevention . By a Magistrate acting for the Counties of Middlesex , Surrey , Kent and Essex , & c . Svo . 7 s . 6 d . Diliy . WEALTH , luxury , and refinement , in large cities , multiply crimes by multiplying artificial wants , and presenting a thousand temptations , as well as a thousand modes , to the profligate and abandoned , of eluding detection
and punishment . The corruption and vast population of ancient Rome seemed , in the mind of one of her historians , ( SaAiust ) to have been coupled together by a natural association , and to have been considered , in some measure , as synonimous ideas . Solitude , by affording opportunity for reflection , and giving leisure to the conscience to ait its part , often keeps men from vice , and is very favourable to the influence of religion and moral rectitude . In cities , men are hurried out of themselves by the din and bustle of business and
dissipation , and are regardless , or frequently altogether forget the rebuke of the monitor within their breast . Kence the origin , or at least one chief source , of the vices existing in great capitals . The very curious and important volume now before us proves at once the immense extent and deep corruption of the City of London ; both , indeed , far
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
of the manuscript ; but the power and independence cf the Lord of the Western Isles of Scotland , and his frequent invasions of that kingdoms-render the subject probable . Those-who doubt or deny the historical accuracy of thiswoik , may yet read it with pleasure . The verse is IVliltonic ; and the unrelenting spirit and brutal courage of Donald is well preserved , and highly coloured . When furiously pursuing the Scotch army , the spirit of one of bis slaughtered chieftains seems to arrest his progress , and fix him in a trance
at ' terror : ' The broad-back'd hero then , to rouse his lord , Thus bellow'din his ear : - " Awake ! awake ! The'Scot approaches . " Starting from his dream , As when the lion from his tawny inane Off shakes the drowsy mood , and dreadful roars , Donald aroused , with voice indignant , Ihus ,
Loud as a brazen trumpet , shook the vault Of heaven , and all the mountains echoed round : ' ¦ ' Avaunt , ignoble shade !—I am resolved To die with glory!—What is life with shame ?" Then with redoubled wrath he stalks , inflamed , To battle , frowning like a thunder sky . His tartans all were torn . His arms .
Up to the shoulder naked , smoked in blood . ' We could produce various instances of the sublime in the description of this tremendous chieftain , but they would too much extend this article . There " are not wanting passages of a religious nature in this poem , as in the beginning of the second book , where the stream of justice , springing from heaven , wanders and is . polluted on the earth , but , returning to heaven , pours itself into the lake off / terry , beside the throne of God ,
' Wherein the sernphims may bathe unsoiled , ' And view , undazzlcd the Creator ' s form . ' In the conduct : cf the loves of Flora and Pitfour we frequently meet with pathetic passages , as when the lover supports his mistress above the racinowaters ; and though nearly drowned , and his utterance choked , his voice bubbling through the wave , is heard tenderly to pronounce her name . The Author seems to possess a manly genius for the epic , that bids fair for distinction .
A Treatise en the Police of the Metropolis : containing a Detail of the various Crimes and Misdemeanois by -v / j . 'c 6 public-end prlvUe Property and Security are , at present , injured and endangered ; and suggesting Remedies for their Prevention . By a Magistrate acting for the Counties of Middlesex , Surrey , Kent and Essex , & c . Svo . 7 s . 6 d . Diliy . WEALTH , luxury , and refinement , in large cities , multiply crimes by multiplying artificial wants , and presenting a thousand temptations , as well as a thousand modes , to the profligate and abandoned , of eluding detection
and punishment . The corruption and vast population of ancient Rome seemed , in the mind of one of her historians , ( SaAiust ) to have been coupled together by a natural association , and to have been considered , in some measure , as synonimous ideas . Solitude , by affording opportunity for reflection , and giving leisure to the conscience to ait its part , often keeps men from vice , and is very favourable to the influence of religion and moral rectitude . In cities , men are hurried out of themselves by the din and bustle of business and
dissipation , and are regardless , or frequently altogether forget the rebuke of the monitor within their breast . Kence the origin , or at least one chief source , of the vices existing in great capitals . The very curious and important volume now before us proves at once the immense extent and deep corruption of the City of London ; both , indeed , far