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weakened the fprings of genius, withered all its flowers, and banished every found principle of literature.

Has it not introduced among us thofe feeble, languid Dramas, which are only fit to lull the nation afleep, and to banish good Comedy from our Theatres?-What walk of Literature has not felt the influence of its peftilential vapours? Poetry, profe, eloquence, the pulpit, the bar, are all strongly marked with it; it is the head of Medufa, every thing is petrified at its approach.

It is the Philofophers who have placed Lucan above Virgil, Quinault above Boileau, Voltaire above Corneille and Racine, and Perrault, Boindin, and Terraffon above all the Writers of the laft age. It were eafy to lengthen this picture, but all the follies and abfurdities of the Philofophers fhall be fufficiently exposed in the work which we now offer to the Public.

This is part of what our Author has advanced in a very spirited preface. The work itself is of a piece with the preface, bold, fpirited, and decifive; and though the Author's zeal against the Philofophers gets the better of his judgment and candour in fome few inftances, yet the warmth and earneftness wherewith he pleads the cause of found literature and good morals, do honour to his principles and to his taste, and atone, in fome measure, for the hafte, inaccuracy, and prejudice that appear in some of his articles.

The literary characters of the beft French Writers are, in general, ftrongly marked, particularly thofe of Corneille, Racine, Moliere, Fontaine, Boileau, Boffuet, Fenelon, both the Rouffeaus, Voltaire, Montefquieu, Montagne, Pafcal, Fontenelle, Flechier, D'Alembert, Bruyere, Crebillon, Buffon, Bayle, and fome others. Meffrs. Diderot, Marmontel, Thomas, De la Harpe, Saint Lambert, and fome others, appear to us to be treated with too much feverity; the work, however, upon the whole, muft be allowed to poffefs a very considerable degree of merit; and it is not merely a compliment to the Author, to say, that he is an agreeable Writer, and an able Critic.

ART. XIV.

Iforia D'Inghilterra, &c.-The Hiftory of England, written by Vincentio Martinelli, and addreffed to Sig. Luke Corfi. 4to. 3 Vols.. London. 1774,

TH

HIS Italian Hiftory of England is an abbreviated tranflation of Rapin; it will facilitate to the learner the acquifition of the language in which it is written.

AR T.

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Lettera dell' Avvocato Fruftabirbe, &c.-A Letter from the Advocate
Fruftabirbe to Sig. Antonio Sacchini, Mafter of the Chapel. 8vo.
Rome.

AN

1774.

N infignificant quarrel between Baretti and Badini, the
former of whom had abufed the opera called La Veftale of
the latter, feems to have given occafion to this impertinent
publication, which is prefaced by a poetical eulogium on Giar-
dini. 'Tis hard that we must not only feed these rats but be
pestered with their noise!

ART. XVI.

Voyage D'une Françoise à Londres, &c.-A French Lady's Tour to
London, or Calumny defeated by the Truth of Facts. 8vo.
London. 1774.

OF equal importance to the Public with the foregoing, and,
in all appearance, equally refpectable.

ART. XVII.

Lettre de Pekin, fur le Genie de la Langue Chinoife, &c.-A Letter
from Pekin on the Genius of the Chinese Language, and the Na-
ture of their fymbolical Writings, compared with thofe of the an-
cient Egyptians, in Anfwer to that of the Royal Society of Lon-
don, on the fame Subject; to which is added, an Extract from
two new Publications of M. De Guignes, of the Academy of In-
fcriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris, relative to the fame Enqui-
ries. By a Father of the Society of the Jefuits, Miffionary at
Pekin. 4to. Bruffels. 1773.

THE curious in Oriental learning will here find abundance

of amufement; for this work contains not only an effay on
the genius and structure of the Chinese language, but a variety
of its characters, exhibited on copper-plates. These matters
neither admit of extracts nor abridgments.

ART. XVIII.

Le Taureau blanc, &c.-The White Bull tranflated from the Syriac ;
afcribed to Voltaire. 1774•

SHOULD we difcharge one duty to the Public by giving
an explicit account of this performance, we fhould infringe
another, of greater importance. The growth of infidelity is
already fo rapid, that the industry of its promoters feems to be
almoft fuperfluous.

Two different English translations are published: fee our
Catalogue, in the Review for July, 1774.

INDEX

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this

VOLUME.

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

For the remarkable Paffages in the Foreign Articles, fee the
Second Alphabet of this Index, in the laft Leaf of the Sheet.

A.

ABAUZIT, Mr. fome account of,
375. His works, ib.
ABSENT Man, rid.cule of that
character, 262.

ALCUIN, the Anglo-Saxon, ac-
count of his learning, 423.
ALDHELM, the Anglo-Saxon, ac-
count of his learning, 422.

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BABEL, confufion of tongues at,
and the confequent difperfion
of mankind, fingular deduc-
tions from, 439-441.

ALFRED, K. encomium on, as a BACON, Lord, cenfured as an his.

friend to learning, ib.
AMERICA, British, political invef-
tigations relating to, 134, 270,
381, 485.
AMERICAN Indians (North) fome
ac. of, by Sir W. Johnson, 481.
ANGLO-SAXON Kings, not abfo-
lute, 197. Difficulty of acquir-
ing learning in their times, 200.
At what period literature began
to flourish under them, and by
what means, 420.
ANTELOPE, method of bunting in
the E. Indies, poetically de-
fcribed, 311.
APOCALYPSE humouroufly ex-
pounded and applied, 346. Se-
riously difcuffed, as to its divine
authority, 378. Triumph of the
Apocalypfe, 379.
ARCTURUS, inquiry into the pro-
per motion of, 352.
REV. App. Vol. 1.

torian, 342.

BAILLY, M. his new methods of

improving the theory of Jupi-
ter's fatellites, 353.
BANK, whether, on the whole, be-
neficial or hurtful to commerce,
442.

BARRINGTON, Daines, his essay
on the periodical appearance of
birds, 283. His investigation of
the diftinguishing qualities of the
rabbit and hare, 285.
BIRDS, of periodical migration,
curious problem relating to,
folved, 283.
BOLINGBROKE, Lord, his fine ta-
lents, 369. His political wri-
tings commended, 462.
BRADLEY, Mr. his directions for
ufing the Micrometer, 29.
BRIBERY, good story of the pu
nishment of, 19.
Q_9

BRYDONI,

BRYDONE, Mr. his account of a
remarkable fiery meteor, 478.
Of fome electrical exper. ib.
BURKE, Edmund, his character in
form of an epitaph, 314.
BUTTER, Dr. his method of ex-
hibiting nemtock, for the cure
of the kinkcough, 46.

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C.

CESAR, remarks on his affaffi-
nation, and the real motives
of the confpirators, 267.
CAROLINA, South, political trans-
actions in that province, 208.
Inconfiderate grant of money to
the Bill of Rights, 210.
CARTHAGE, obf on the def. Ets of
her police, &c. 252.
CHARLES I, his own account of his
zealous attachment to the
Church, 137. Confults two of
the Bishops about a temporary
allowance of the Prefbyterian
mode of worship, 138. The
anfwer of the Bhops, ib.
CHESTERFIELD, Lord, fketch of
his character, 258. General
account of his letters to his fon,
259.

His advice on the sobje&t
of negligence in behaviour, 251.
His character of an absent man,
262. His cautions against the
feductions of pleasure, 263. His
invective against laughter, 265.
His cautions againit biftorical
teftimony, 265. His flight opi-
nion of women, 361. His ad-
vice with regard to the art of
concealing our contempt of others,
362. His remarks on good
company, 363. Confeffes his
own paft errors, 365. His cha-
racter of the great D. of Marl-
borough, 366. Of the Chancel-
lor Cowper, 368. Of Lord
Bolingbroke, 39. His licen-
tious counfel, relative to an il-
licit commerce between the
fexes, 457. His excellent fer-
mon on fweetness of manners,
with firmness of mind. 458. His
anecdotes with regard to the act

for altering the ftyle, 462.
ther confeffion of his errors, 4
His obf. on the knowledge of
world, 464.

CHETAH, a kind of leopard en

ployed by the East Indians i
hunting the Antelope, 312.
CHILPERIC, K. of France, his
fhort way of converting a Jew,

214.

CHRIST, enquiry into the perfon
and character of, 86–92.
CHRISTIAN II. K. of Denmark,
his bad character, 428.

IV. his heroic cha-
racter, and wife conduct, 429.
V. fhort account of,

434.

VI. his great quali-

ties, 435.
CLARENDON, Lord. See HYDE.
The ftyle of his hiftory cenfured,
342.
CLARKE, Dr. Sam. his lift of ex-
ceptionable paffages in our li-
turgy, 102. Proposals for the
Amendment of, ib.

CLIMATES, various, naturally pro-
duce the most wholesome food
for the inhabitants appointed to
live under them, 438.
COFFEE, curious hiftorical parti-

culars relative to, 497.
COLONIES, British, plan for tax-
ing them proposed, 274. Mea-
fures now used, by the mother
country with respect to them ex-
ploded, 381. Another plan for
reconciliation, 485.
CONSTITUTION, British, its great
excellence difplayed, 455-
CONTEMPT of others, not to be
too freely difcovered, 362.
COUNTRY 'fquires, farcaftic ac-
count of, 190.
CoURAGE defined, 16. Its affi-
nity with patience, 18.
Cow PER, Lord Chancellor, his
oratorical character, 368.
CROWN, of England, how far he-
ecitary among the Anglo-Sax-
ons, 196.

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DUNKIN, Dr. his poetical cha-
racter, 355.
His humourous
verfes relative to Mr. Faulkner,
356.
DENMARK, great revolution there
in the reign of Fred III. 433.
See more of this kingdom under
CHRISTIAN.
DISSENTERS, their late applica-
tion to parliament defended, 214.
Farther vindicated, 384.
DROWNING, detail of the fuccefs
attending the establishment at
Paris, for the recovery of per-
fons fuppofed to be drowned,
150.
DUBLIN Society, when, and for
what purposes inftituted, 81.
Beneficial effects of, ib.
DUELLING exploded, 11. Me-
thod of abolishing devifed by
Guftavus Adolphus, 15.
DUNSTABLE, Robert, his literary
performances, 424.
DYING. See FORSTER.
E.

EACHARD, Dr. John, his cha-
racter, 141. His epitaph, 143.
EAST India Company, mifmanage-
ment of their shipping, 65.
Charged with the most criminal
rapacity, 253. State of their
fhipping, 276. Obf. on their
private trade, 278.
ECLIPSE, folar, account of one
obferved at George's Ifland, 29.
ELDER, recommended for preferv-
ing vegetables from the fly, &c.

286.
ELECTRICITY. See HENLY. See
LIGHTNING. See KINNER-
SLEY. See BRYDONE.
ENGLAND, form of government
in, favourable to literary contro-
verfies, on all fubjects, 147. Her
inhabitants opprobriously cha-

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GLOVER, Mr. his general opinion
of the prefent itate of our linen
trade, 487.

GOLD, coinage, obf, on the late
act relating to, 295.
GOLDSMITH, Dr. how far bene-
fited or hurt by the fever pow-
der in his laft illness, 404.
GooD company, common idea of,
exploded, 363.

GOTHS, their poetry, 293.
GOVERNMENT, ideas relating to
the origin and first forms of, 449
GYRALDUS Cambrenfis, his great
learning, 425. His curious de-
fcription of the abbey of Lan-
tony, ib.

H.

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