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Review Of New Publigations.
Mr . Burke ' s desertion of Mr . Fox anel the party with whom he was ac . customed to act and think in unison , is accounted for by our author in a manner altogether satisfactory . But in his endeavours to make Mr . Burke appear consistent through the whole of his parliamentary proceedings , some will he ready to assert , that he has not been quite so successful . It will be remembered that the same man who deigned to accept a pension from his Sovereign , asserted , during the temporary intellectual derangement of his
royal master , that ' the Almi ghty had hurled him from his throne ; ' and that the very pension he received was granted in direct opposition to an act of which _ Mr . Burke was the mover . Mr . Burke died on Saturday July 8 th , 17 97 , in the sixty-eight year of his age . ' The qualiries of his heart were no less amiable and estimable than his talents were astonishing , —benevolent , just , temperate , magnanimous . ' Haviiisfperused the whole of . this interesting iece of biographwe thinlt
p y , it entitled to no mean share of commendation . The author exhibits in it great force of intellect , and evinces a mind enured to deep reflection . We understand a second edition is in the press , greatly enlarged by additional ! information , in which a few typographical errors , here and there obtrudin ? themselves upon critical observation , will doubtlessl y be corrected .
WITH regard to the incidents of this romance , the writer imitates those oil Mrs . Ann Radcliffe ; but she is far from being equal to that lady in this branch of composition . It seems to be agreed that those who write on the horrific plan must employ the same instruments—cruel German counts , each with two wives—old castles—private doors—sliding panneis—banditti—assassinsghosts , & c .
Dusseldorf ; or , the Fratricide . A Romance . By Anna Maria Mackenzie . 3 Vols . izmo . IOS . Gd . sewed . Lane . 179 S .
bteel . THIS is a translation of a little work entitled « The Catechism of a Frencli Citizen . ' The author , M . Volney , is known in the literary world by several ingenious pioductions , and is also distinguished among the luminaries of what is emphatically called the &« auirjhilosophy—a philosophy which , rejecting tte light of revelation and the doctrines of theology , refers the duties and thq happiness of man solely to the principles of Nature . However we may lis
disposed to controvert the superiority of sue h a system , and to lament tlie presumptuous yet inefficient use of the human faculties which it exhibits is some parts of the structure , we must allow that many of the moral and civil duties , essential to the coherence and happiness of society , are delineated in this publication with simplicity , force , and perspicuity . ¦ It was the opinion of L'bcke , that the moral science is capable of a degret of demonstration sufficient at least to render doubtful the exclusive and arrt >
; gant claim of mathematics . It was not , however , by trampling on revealed religion , that our great philosopher endeavoured to illustrate the operations and to exalt the pretensions of the human intellect . Such a guide as ftf . Volney must be very cautiously trusted , and perhaps onl y on those topics which are immeditiately connected with the concerns of social life .
Vie Law of Nature , or Principles of Morality . Deduced from tie Physical Constitution of Mankind and the Vni'verse . By C . F . Volney . nmo : is . Gil ,
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Review Of New Publigations.
Mr . Burke ' s desertion of Mr . Fox anel the party with whom he was ac . customed to act and think in unison , is accounted for by our author in a manner altogether satisfactory . But in his endeavours to make Mr . Burke appear consistent through the whole of his parliamentary proceedings , some will he ready to assert , that he has not been quite so successful . It will be remembered that the same man who deigned to accept a pension from his Sovereign , asserted , during the temporary intellectual derangement of his
royal master , that ' the Almi ghty had hurled him from his throne ; ' and that the very pension he received was granted in direct opposition to an act of which _ Mr . Burke was the mover . Mr . Burke died on Saturday July 8 th , 17 97 , in the sixty-eight year of his age . ' The qualiries of his heart were no less amiable and estimable than his talents were astonishing , —benevolent , just , temperate , magnanimous . ' Haviiisfperused the whole of . this interesting iece of biographwe thinlt
p y , it entitled to no mean share of commendation . The author exhibits in it great force of intellect , and evinces a mind enured to deep reflection . We understand a second edition is in the press , greatly enlarged by additional ! information , in which a few typographical errors , here and there obtrudin ? themselves upon critical observation , will doubtlessl y be corrected .
WITH regard to the incidents of this romance , the writer imitates those oil Mrs . Ann Radcliffe ; but she is far from being equal to that lady in this branch of composition . It seems to be agreed that those who write on the horrific plan must employ the same instruments—cruel German counts , each with two wives—old castles—private doors—sliding panneis—banditti—assassinsghosts , & c .
Dusseldorf ; or , the Fratricide . A Romance . By Anna Maria Mackenzie . 3 Vols . izmo . IOS . Gd . sewed . Lane . 179 S .
bteel . THIS is a translation of a little work entitled « The Catechism of a Frencli Citizen . ' The author , M . Volney , is known in the literary world by several ingenious pioductions , and is also distinguished among the luminaries of what is emphatically called the &« auirjhilosophy—a philosophy which , rejecting tte light of revelation and the doctrines of theology , refers the duties and thq happiness of man solely to the principles of Nature . However we may lis
disposed to controvert the superiority of sue h a system , and to lament tlie presumptuous yet inefficient use of the human faculties which it exhibits is some parts of the structure , we must allow that many of the moral and civil duties , essential to the coherence and happiness of society , are delineated in this publication with simplicity , force , and perspicuity . ¦ It was the opinion of L'bcke , that the moral science is capable of a degret of demonstration sufficient at least to render doubtful the exclusive and arrt >
; gant claim of mathematics . It was not , however , by trampling on revealed religion , that our great philosopher endeavoured to illustrate the operations and to exalt the pretensions of the human intellect . Such a guide as ftf . Volney must be very cautiously trusted , and perhaps onl y on those topics which are immeditiately connected with the concerns of social life .
Vie Law of Nature , or Principles of Morality . Deduced from tie Physical Constitution of Mankind and the Vni'verse . By C . F . Volney . nmo : is . Gil ,