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
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