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are in latent operation ; for it is sufficiently oovious that What does beget itself* cannot by it* own puycr perpetuate its duratjj^ We all owe a debt to nature, which no art or vigour e*> <7T7F2I the tame law cau ctl cape -t and wflPfearceljr -reach to maturity, before we bfcgin to retrograde towards de cay." Every surrounding object of perish* ? able nature* is subject tothe influence of lw ; and falls aa^ it arose, at the of the Supreme .* A trulh so solemn has impressed every ; ^universally settled and implicitly ted to. improvement of literature, the ex of science* and ihe purity of taste, they are fruit* -of a susceptible nature, ! of stardy growth, unjd progressive advance^ ment, >o thf y apj^4tft>uu|igiiyto the epe^ to their delicate scant danger of or , total deprav | itbf&nost tender, &o they butTer i and in t encounter a thorn if thfcy fail fe| apleridout of their proportion texture, and are in con sAure decay, or of partial corruption, y arc natural like finer rtuitous i&rtty, Which )ts the rs their The tion. set, may ^ Am did thowarbling muse r in the bowers of the aca :r melodious notes to dis False taste, like the de _ entered the- paradise of let ters, ami : with the fire of affectation and vanity, drove from its retreats, the cljwsick. purity, aj*? chastened imagination* that And original possessor oT spot. -^That the intellect haa ever been i iiam ? inwyi wn lgryco ; mft4BC diversity of opinion that hast pre vailed, Was in regard to the specific causes, that # :red decay* and the precise periods literary deprave iwent was most Iii tlie dec'uirtn of this question,^ '* .against k?> own ,< f?H <w )t? fafecied i own c upon th.s uiS mam tired me of fei T?naiion and cessation of ifested ant?rioui ?> <?* ishcs and pre vents emulation.. The brilliancy ; of tl.eir perfection, instead of animating, stemi lo full our cxtrtium.~p;ffie xontempiate t heisr beauties with admiring pleasure, and de light in MjplfPlt fills us with joy/ without producing a sting of envy, or a stir 'of incitement, ^ht object appears too vast for selpfeomparison, and precludes ' thftfolnof morUfit-aiinnT that rises in the J bredsft Of ambition, conscious of inferiority. : 13est4&, tile 'efTulge nee allows no shaded which we might 'tiope to enlighten; and we continue rapt in serene jp J, similar to that, witbf Which we view a summer sun throwing hit reviving torch, sovcr a fia and' fruitful vale. - . -ft jreflect, how many temporary have interrupted the put lection* the World has arrived, we sh*U^ d to considerable stop, as rachtng decay, nor hiv a speedy retrogression , ?re the natural, breathings, of imperfect mortals, fttljOfegltng to attain r/e mote excellence * whiclKbough their Imaginations csib paint in perfection, their powers can but partially accomplish* ^'heinore, however, we instigate the; means of attaining ta a JuH decivion upon iihis subject ; or of giving an infallible in terpretation to , doubtful^j^mpioms, th? more we become encompassed with Seem ing obstructions, and involved in apparent uneeifrainty. To Survey the subject from: a proper point of view, seems the &ur**t method of forming a settled and correct judgment. Taking (lie known faculties of the mind, for the point of contemplation, and the standard of excellence, we may discern with facility , the extent to which we can carry pur coojyne9ts, and the fields which nature has demett us power to sub jugate. v For that, there must necessarily^ \ went j though that limit cannot be defined, rs evident to every onfc. Thus Are can compare possible whh acquired know*, ledge ; and judge of theriSrgree of perfce* tion at which' the mind; may arrive, from the irMttreami extent of its faculties consi dered in relation to know and potential w of prejudice in foror of J and planting ourselves, magination ?* an age a century a "?1 Wi?~. Howiwr. ? ?"r.r^s t^iS0gmi jucliccd ?te** i?tl'e.^ly geniunhss pretand t position of present Wture events, tbo* ? jft : the of p :?n -takftpup 'AVj uncertainty of ev ?tils, h^ j bee xttfld to [ contem DroductfftA I ,'PPuv'l,uw f, WiU be Carried fected singularity, and condemned for an unfeeling want of duty. He w& be dis L i, j. ll ^ i ^ A * ~ * I OtnCVPU| agaiubt his award ; and he wiH be ridtcuU ed, Dqc^use he has hid ibfe audatlooS teirtigity, to attack cptemporary wriiers 1 Thus in every. ligfit* the task I have un dertaken is replete with dan gt is, and dif? p - ? with certain I which h as>BceH praised _ fot perfection, should be by"*po*eTfty, tail upon the writer* andhie be brought as testimony aga ? judgment while his work wpuld be cited, -Ml *aii eminent example of the truth, which | he was attempting in vain to conlrovert. pShouId tl > worth# mUsl iskm, awn hand, 'be pre in Literary tictive over r* #itfc must en*' excellence. In ei ??WT1 lhfrh'M~w*1 T~. dure the perseeutions of ?critkianrh and listen with patiepce to the aneersof tgno* ranee ; and must be contented yUb gre* tent obloquy, in hofts gf a brighter re compense* from the ^tmpts^td d|ki<" minations of ptrtttrityfK % ?. As f.us result ofiMh an inquiry as t his, imni I Ill Mi llMBl Hi the -write*, Tike V\ yWSfls in' danger of ^hirt poolls on M> sides ; and though he 4 shun Charybdis, he must be ingulfed toy 4-Scyihu insuch investigations, however,] 1 it cannot beftttrssembted, that the tendeupjr of the mkivWtrther tdtaratds despair than ii hope- MiUo%$jrtien writing his Paradise Lost, thought mm worlgl in' a atste of in tellectual decr^ttude ; aqdmany other ingenious writers havcfi^wMb the same fanciful belief. J^kis centicBRtion may save us from the woiai W?me, and proctite M not the Articks^ NGLAND. Jk, JP?1: ?aid in a l?teJ|ebaW? that s m jR^kifd who mcome lax, and bt rrc in favour of llie etiiently find room aiena. Beer in Lord Ex ditierraoean, i? pub ipera. It detail* the before Algiera and mouth's fleet tefll lished SSlfcLoml operation* of that ptin'n, and add* ti Mfccree on th. it notice, the lode) by, which ?I, When requir ?azssi n fcfcte any in* the ata?e miiftt i nation and ap ?U ui^tr penal. yislmeni. the yfHout regulation* respecting IKW ?*" cietiea fa repub)Uhad, 3BP frdtrc^tottwW Slforcffii v4Kteral fwamason^l lon^fi are * expreaaly tolerated# Atl firity edflubtioatiom* * alauva to ?aorat aociaitaa,*] ww* ? fMt Tfiw s?izcd with' Writ is confirmed ihat| mand hate t*tn permi for tbeUiutcd Stales. I ha* accepted the office board of conrapt and ainer* in his steed is ! *erpool. I Mr. Brougham *a*< | lor l he destruction tfi t*i* an^ partly beca for government to pi ??ek ?an> property . _..JLoW GwnviUe, las in pafiianfcnt, of i r tending to ft vf slave* in the W Bathum declared#" lo concur m effecting ^ British^ptt>o?ii rTWl^ctlm with which yniiiiKMk may be tecn^lyf extract from the speech of B 4