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The exordium, in the French, terms the author's retreat, the houfe of Ariftippus, and the gardens of Epicurus; which glances no indifferent compliment, however well founded, on himself. The Englishman modeftly contracts the luxuriance of this egotifm in the following lines.

O take, O keep me, ever bleft domains
Where lovely Flora with Pomona reigns ;
Where art fulfils what nature's voice requires,
And gives the charmis to which my verfe afpires;
Take me, the world with transport I refign,

And let your peaceful folitude be mine.

The defcription of his retreat, and its environs, is very picturesque; but its being the refidence of liberty also, is the circumftance for which he chiefly prizes it.

Bleft fhores! the dwelling of that facred pow'r,
Who rules each joyful, and each glorious hour,
Queen of whate'er the good or great defire,
The patriot's eloquence, the hero's fire,

Shrin'd in each breast, and near the tyrant's fword,
Invok'd in whispers, and in fighs ador'd,
Immortal liberty, whofe gen'rous mind

With all her gifts would bless all human kind!

Having mentioned the repulfe of a former duke of Savoy from Geneva, which he vainly attempted to surprize and scale by night, he is naturally led to expatiate on the vifible effects and aspect of a government, where men are confidered in a more equal manner than monarchy seems to admit.

Infulting grandeur, in gay tinfel dreft,

Shews here no ftar embroider'd on the breaft,
No tiffu'd ribbon on the fhoulder ty'd,
Vain gift, implor'd by vanity from pride!
Nor here ftern wealth with fupercilious eyes
The falt'ring prayer of weeping want denies;
Here no falfe pride at honeft labour fneers,
Men here are brothers, equal but in years:
Here Heav'n, O liberty, has fix'd thy throne,
Fill'd, glorious liberty! by thee alone.

But that the multitude may be oppreffed by the nobles, where the monarch himself is fo limited, as frequently to denominate the government republican, we have an inftance very poetically reprefented from the conftitution of Poland,

The Polif lord, of thy embraces vain,
Pricks his proud courfer o'er Sarmatia's plain ;

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Erects his haughty front in martial pride,
And fpurns the burgher, grov'ling at his fide,
The grov'ling burgher burns with fecret fires,
Looks up, beholds thee, fighs, despairs, expires.

We shall give a fhort fpecimen of the original, (annexing its tranflation) in the author's own words, relating to this kingdom.

L'Anglais pour te garder fignala fon courage;

Mais on prétend qu'à Londre on te vend quelquefois :
Non, je ne le crois point; ce peuple fier & fage
Te païa de fon fang, & foutiendra tes droits.
Britain's rough fons in thy defence are bold,
Yet fome pretend at London thou art feld,
I heed them not, to fell too proud, too wife,
If blood must buy, with blood the Briton buys.

Mr. Voltaire mentions the famous William Tell, whom he calls the author of Helvetian Liberty, in contraft to the defpotic murderers of the eaft. The tranflator gives the truly memorable history of Tell in a note; and the epiftle, congratulating the author's escape from courts, concludes with the following fupplicatory invitation to liberty, from a devotee to whom the had been long a ftranger.

O come, my goddefs, in thy chosen hour,
And let my better fortune hail thy pow'r;
Fair friendship calls thee to my green retreat,
O come, with friendship share the moffy feat;
Like thee the flies the turbulent and
great,
The craft of business, and the farce of state:
To you, propitious powers, at laft I turn,
To you my vows afcend, my altars burn, &c.

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ART. XXXIII.

I. The Cabinet; containing a collection of curious papers, relative to the prefent political contefts in Ireland; fome of which are now firft publifhed, viz. The earl of Ke's memorial.Barrack refolutions.—Commons addrefs to the king in 1752. -To the lord lieutenant in 1752.-Lord lieutenant's anfwer. -Earl of H-fs's letter to the lord chr.-Duke of Dt's letter to the fame.-Obfervations on a letter from fomebody to fomebody.-Account of an extraordinary overture made to the earl of K-e.-Parfon's letter to Sir Rd C-x.-The answer.-A letter from the Spy to the candid

Enquirer.-Lord lieutenant's speech in 1753.—Common's ad-
drefs to the king in 1753.-To the lord lieutenant 1753-Axe
laid to the root of the tree.-Letter from the p-y c-1 of
England.-Money-bill-Letter to the author of the queries
to the people of Ireland.-Lat-he's letter to Lord Ch-d.—
Dr. B-tt's letter to the bishop of O- -y.-Confiderations on
query-writing-Conftitutional queries relating to Ireland.-
Tobias Wilcox's letter to Obadiah Oldbottom.-Modera-
tion moderated. 8vo. Is. Id. London, William Durham *.
II. The Haberdasher's Sermon, as it was preached at the Taylors-
hall, in Back-lane, the 21ft of December, 1754. being a
warning-piece to the citizens of Dublin, how they behave them-
felves on occafion of the late or future motions, commotions,
emotions, and promotions, which we have feen, or may come to
fee, in England and Ireland. Calculated for the benefit of
trade and public credit, by L. B. haberdasher at the Harp and
Crown. 8vo. 3d. No publisher's name.

III. A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury, at the general quar-
ter-feffions for the county of Cork, held at Bandon-bridge, on
Jan. 14, 1755. By Sir Richard Cox. bart. Published at
the request of the justices of the peace. 8vo. 6d. Mat-

thew Williamson.

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IV. The Conduct of a certain Member of Parliament during the
laft Seffion; and the motives on which he acted explained.
a letter to friend. 8vo. 6d. Dublin. No publisher's name.
V. A Letter concerning prerogative; addressed to C――r N—n,
efq; 8vo. 6d. T. Cooper.

VI. Scafonable Advice to the friends of Ireland, on the present
crifis of affairs. 8vo. 3d. Dublin. No publisher's name.
VII. A Vindication of the Minifterial Conduct of his grace the
Duke of Dorfet, in Ireland. By a Servant of the Crown in
the Kingdom. 8vo. 3d. M. Griffiths.

VIII. A Letter to the freehold Farmers of Ireland. By Tho-
mas Shutle. 8vo. 2d.

IX. The Univerfal Advertiser; or, a collection of essays, moral,
political, and entertaining: together with addresses from feve-
ral corporate bodies in Ireland, to their reprefentatives in par-
liament, relative to their conduct on the 23d of November,
and 17th of December, 1753. Also a complete lift of the
voters on both fides, in the above interesting decifions: and the

Tho' this, as well as N°. VII. of these pamphlets, is faid to have been printed in London, and the names of English booksellers are affixed to them, they were, however, all of them, printed in Ireland.

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authentic hiftory of Dr. Hellebore; with other interefting particulars, not inferted in a former impreffion. 12mo. Is. 8d. Dublin. L. Dunn.

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HE titles of the pamphlets in the above lift (lately tranfmitted to us) fhew, that they relate to the political altercations that have fo long fubfifted in Ireland; as the occafion of their difputes, and the reafonings employed by each party, in fupport of their refpective opinions, have been pretty largely fet forth in feveral former Reviews it would be paying but an indifferent compliment to our readers, to fuppofe a repetition of the fame arguments (for we find not in thefe tracts many that can be called new, except that they are differently dreft) could afford much entertainment. Another prevailing reason with us to decline a more particular notice of thefe publications is, that we have been informed, and, with every true friend to the peace of his country, we fin cerely hope it is true, that tranquility either is, or, probably, foon will be, reftored in that kingdom: wherefore, it would be inconfiftent with the principles of our undertaking, to admit any thing to pafs through its channel, that might, in any degree, tend to open again those wounds which the wifdom and prudence of those in power are endeavouring to heal.

* See Vol. VIII. p. 315. Vol. X. p. 206. 293. 471. ard Vol.. p. 100.

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ART. XXXIV. Four Letters concerning the Study of the Hebrew Scriptures. 8vo. 1s. Withers.

HE defign of this piece is to inculcate the study of the Hebrew fcriptures, according to the method laid down by Mr. Hutchinson, whom the author calls the restorer of true and valuable learning.-The three first letters are taken up with fhewing the uncertainty and infufficiency of the ufual methods of interpretation, by the feptuagint, and other verfions, the Rabbinical writers, and the Arabic tongue: from which he infers, in his fourth and laft letter, the necellity of a more diligent ftudy of the original Hebrew, with a more careful obfervation of the connection between the roots and their derivatives. For he tells us, that tho' it is univerfally acknowleged, that this language is built upon roots, in a very different manner from any other; and tho' the method of explaining words by their roots has been conflantly retained; yet it has not REVIEW, October, 1755.

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been fo far extended as it ought. He complains, that while the literal agreement between the roots and their derivatives has been attended to, very little regard has been paid to the ideal agreement, or a fameness of fenfe and meaning; which, according to the Hutchinfonian scheme, is the grand key to the facred language. He acknowleges, indeed, that we are indebted to the LXX, for leading us, by the feveral usages of a word in different places, to the original idea of every root; but when this is once gained, he tells us we must have recourse to the analogy above mentioned, in order to ascertain the fenfe of the derivatives. Mr. Hutchinfon, he observes, has discovered, that God has made the knowlege of natural, the ground-work for inftruction in fpiritual, truths; and has therefore made the primary idea in every root fignificant of fomething fenfible, and this being understood, it is applied in the derivatives, either to other material things, which need explication, or to fpirituals, whereby they are brought down to a level with our capacities. He adds, that whoever will fearch the Hebrew fcriptures for himself, will foon be convinced, that God's language is different from all other languages, and that it teaches us not fo much by word, as by picture, and that God has made it, as it were, a pourtraiture of himself. He then proceeds to answer fome objections against the fcheme, and concludes with a few short remarks upon the advantages attending it.

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ART. XXXV. A Review and Defence of two Differtations, concerning the etymology and feripture meaning of the Hebrew words Elohim and Berith. By Thomas Sharpe, D. D. archdeacon of Northumberland, and prebendary of Durham. Part II, and III. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Knapton.

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HE doctor's defign in this review of the controverfy between him and his opponents, is to fhew, that they are far from being agreed among themfelves, as to the original fignification of the words in queftion, tho' they all pretend, they can have but one radical idea; and, at the fame time, to vindicate his own explication of them, by examining the principal texts in which they are to be found, and anfwering the objections that were brought against him.

The author begins his firft fection with fhewing, that tho' his antagonists all agree in rejecting our tranflation of berith by covenant, or league, they differ, not only as to the root from

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