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Review Of Literature, &C.
was the accredited successor to James de Molay , and that the Grand Master of the Knights Templar , at the present moment , exercises his sway . In France and Scotland the order is as rigidly observed as circumstances permit ; and in London and the English provinces ( particularly at Bristol ) there are several preceptories which His Hih
, . over Royal gness the Duke of Sussex presides as Grand Master of Templars in England . It is , we believe , within these forty years that one London preceptory was in the habit , on Good Friday , of installing their members in the Temple Church itself , now the subiect of deep interest . r
On reflection , we find that we should do injustice to our author b y quoting passages , where ample details should be given ; we shall merely then state , that he has traced with great accuracy the rise and fall of the I emplars , the appropriation of their halls and lands , and the ultimate possession ofthe Temple itself by the present learned bodies . Partiality aside , Mr . Addison has given a volume on a most interesting subject , replete with classic taste , great research , and powerful interestWe addthat he has merited
. may , as approbation , he is sure to obtain it ; and as a mark of our appreciation of his History of the 1 emple , we shall rank it with the elegant volumes recently written b y Dr . Burnes , with whom Mr . Addison may , as a class-writer , honourably share literary fame . ' We have given no description of the Church , nor can we ; the reader must trace that for himself , by reference to the book , which ivill most abundantly repay perusal . The expense of the restoration of the Temple will , we understand , be most costly .
Phrenotypics ; or , a new Method of studying and committing to Meniory Languages , Sciences , and Arts . By Brother Major Beniowski . 3 , Broad Court , Long Acre . The lateness of the receipt of this pamphlet has prevented that perfect examination into the subject which its importance demands . A writer that assumes originality in any department of science , must expect to encounter scepticism and in proportion to the of the
, magnitude attempt is the responsibility incurred . The science of mnemonics is not new ; but Von iemagle has been laughed at , his combinations ridiculed . The Luxembourg school , although it proved that an uninstructed mind can by power of association be enabled to treasure up and record facts ; and competitors in tbe science in the Dublin University would have fallen before the power of scepticism , had not Beniowski entered the arena , with such powers of condensation , as to claim anew for all , who professed the science of mnemonicsand for himself the
, as promulgator of a superior mode of illustration , an impartial hearing . Major Beniowski was born at Cracovia , in Poland , is forty years of age ; he studied in the University of Wilna , and early developed those mental attainments that marked him out for public observation ; among other sciences that engaged his attention was that of medicine and the collateral sciences , and in his lectures he very clearly introduces the extreme advantage of the science of phrenotypics , in the collation of the numerous classes of materia medica , the description of anatomy , diagnostics , & c . a
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Review Of Literature, &C.
was the accredited successor to James de Molay , and that the Grand Master of the Knights Templar , at the present moment , exercises his sway . In France and Scotland the order is as rigidly observed as circumstances permit ; and in London and the English provinces ( particularly at Bristol ) there are several preceptories which His Hih
, . over Royal gness the Duke of Sussex presides as Grand Master of Templars in England . It is , we believe , within these forty years that one London preceptory was in the habit , on Good Friday , of installing their members in the Temple Church itself , now the subiect of deep interest . r
On reflection , we find that we should do injustice to our author b y quoting passages , where ample details should be given ; we shall merely then state , that he has traced with great accuracy the rise and fall of the I emplars , the appropriation of their halls and lands , and the ultimate possession ofthe Temple itself by the present learned bodies . Partiality aside , Mr . Addison has given a volume on a most interesting subject , replete with classic taste , great research , and powerful interestWe addthat he has merited
. may , as approbation , he is sure to obtain it ; and as a mark of our appreciation of his History of the 1 emple , we shall rank it with the elegant volumes recently written b y Dr . Burnes , with whom Mr . Addison may , as a class-writer , honourably share literary fame . ' We have given no description of the Church , nor can we ; the reader must trace that for himself , by reference to the book , which ivill most abundantly repay perusal . The expense of the restoration of the Temple will , we understand , be most costly .
Phrenotypics ; or , a new Method of studying and committing to Meniory Languages , Sciences , and Arts . By Brother Major Beniowski . 3 , Broad Court , Long Acre . The lateness of the receipt of this pamphlet has prevented that perfect examination into the subject which its importance demands . A writer that assumes originality in any department of science , must expect to encounter scepticism and in proportion to the of the
, magnitude attempt is the responsibility incurred . The science of mnemonics is not new ; but Von iemagle has been laughed at , his combinations ridiculed . The Luxembourg school , although it proved that an uninstructed mind can by power of association be enabled to treasure up and record facts ; and competitors in tbe science in the Dublin University would have fallen before the power of scepticism , had not Beniowski entered the arena , with such powers of condensation , as to claim anew for all , who professed the science of mnemonicsand for himself the
, as promulgator of a superior mode of illustration , an impartial hearing . Major Beniowski was born at Cracovia , in Poland , is forty years of age ; he studied in the University of Wilna , and early developed those mental attainments that marked him out for public observation ; among other sciences that engaged his attention was that of medicine and the collateral sciences , and in his lectures he very clearly introduces the extreme advantage of the science of phrenotypics , in the collation of the numerous classes of materia medica , the description of anatomy , diagnostics , & c . a