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POETKY ON t IMli. How short the time to human hfe assigned How mixeJ with wo is man's most happy hour, Ho olt we see the if o?t of death unkind Nip the fair bud tre blown into flower. Who can withstand death's all destroying power! What armTeyelhi??wiu wx^rrmg 4art I ? Can iron panoply, or 'battled tower from his fell shaft protect' tlic fated heart I Ah m> ! this life is but a fleeting dream Which for'a moment flits before the view ; To man's fond eycrbri ht the fairy scene, # ' Dyc?J by fabejoys iu pleasure's loveliest hue ; $ut ah ! the splendid vision scarce is seen ILrc death, relentless, proves its bliss untrue. FAITH, HOPK, CHARITY. ? . T'ath, Jiope, and Love, were questioned bought ? ^ Of future gloiy, which Religion taught ? Now Faith believ'tl it firmly to Ik true ; And Hope expected so to I*ove answered, smiling "With a conscious plow. -A#" riclieve, ex fleet I know it to be Co. Miscellany, FUOM THfc PORTICO. View of the fireient state of Polite Learning, CHAPTER VIII. 0/ Criticism, K/ietorickyan(l the Belles Let ire*. phers, that there is nothing pernici ous in itself, and that it is solely by perversion and excess, that objects quencewTcan genuine criticism, on1 subject is more beneficial to learning conducive to taste. It is tne guar dian genius of the paradise of letters, entrance of all that is foolish, licen tious and unbecoming. Ic strips* false learning, and depraved genius of their specious covering, and dis penses honours, rewards, and im moriality to the votaries of chaste imagination, solid erudition, and correct Judgment; while it awards disgrace and shame' to the rebelli ous, the dull and the corrupted. In every age, legitimate criticism, as the offspring of truth and nature, has maintained a contest with affec tation for sovereignty. At the mid dle of the la*t century, it still pre served an unexampled supiemacy. From the time ofDryden, Addison/ Steele* and Pope, in fcngland, and of Rollin in France, to that^ of Burk, Bentley and Warburton in the for mer, and of Voltaire in the latter* we may safely allege that criticism flourished in the highest beauty aud vigour. It was manifested jn clas sick productions, and beneficial ef fect^, and if It succeeded ininspring a. refined passion for the tlegancies of learning, it sufficiently proved its title to perfection. But it did more than, this, it encouraged the infant struggles of timid worth, and che rished and fanned the feeble glim merings of reserved genius. The caprice and ignorance of un known individuals, could not at that time form a standard of taste or proscribe the works on which they they disgorged teir envy and malice." Such indecent ebullitions of woun ded pride, or mortified vanity, were viewed with contempt, as the ^pume of passion, not considered with rev erence, as the decree of judgment and the flash of genius. In all ques tions affecting the principles of taste and the abilities of an author, ex perience was appealtd to for its de cision ; and sterling productions of established character were analysed to elicit precedents for composition, and afford precedents for censure, condemnation and applause, where the voice of nature was not suffici ently distinct 111 its approval. Beauty and sublimity produce an instantaneous impression on the feel ings, when the taste is delicate and natural. The passionate fondness/ with w hich mankind regard ancient productions, is not a blind conces sion on their part to the dictation of a few. They have not acquiesc ed in classick excellence, without , inquiry, nor tamely with the force 1 of fashion, from silent ignorance, or a fearful imagination, The works of antiquity were tested by their conformity to reason, and their re semblance to nature. The world perused them with delight, and the general feeling was fortified and con firmed by the result of calm, phi losopliiLal^imfuiiy, "and" ttne more" certain criterion of imperishable appluse. I the criticism which favoured the age to which we refer. Nor was rne torick and ?the belles lettres less estimable for the advancement they afforded to the mind, less pure in rheir nature, or less splendid in their preeminence. The essay of Burke on the sublime and beautiful, can never be excelled, perhaps ran scar cely be equalled. The essays of Hume must always remain a lasting memorial of great genius, and critical acumen ;nor polite labours of Gib bon be suffered to sink to the hum% i Goldsmith will always maintain an illustrious rank, in the age which he laboured toTmprove, and contri buted to embeUtek, produced no formal treatise, in the department of the Belles Lettres j yet he must always be ranked among those who have incidentally improve cd it. The ijeautiful simplicity of his style/in an age when refinement i was fast sp reading* tended to correct and preserve the publick taste ; while the vigour of his genius executed modelsof perfection, for the exam ple of succeeding writers. No work rftnains, of this frank and polished author, which may ?ot be referred to, as a standard of excellence j and imitated with improvement and ap plause. Those who have the felicity to resemble Goldsmith, need aspire , to no higher distinction, for farrte, or immortality 1 It is toEtair and Campbell, how ever, that wc are indebted for pro fessional treatises on those important topicks. From the former, we have, derived models of sound criticism, and rhetorical excellence, which justly vie with the most brilliant productions of Athenian or Roman genius. His style is classick, and his principles orthodox > nor can any deny him perspicuity in his rea sonig, beaury of illustration, orro piousness of diction. His induction of useful conscqucnccs. from parti cular facts, is both striking and in sructi vc j and conveys delight to the fancy* and knowledge to the mind. Philosophical criticism, was the peculiar province of Campbell. This part of polite learning, he abundantly enriched, and beautifully embellished, by a mind teeming with luxuriance, and armed with acumen. Were his work made the study of the present age, many bar barisms would be exploded, many errours ejected, and many false re- j ftnements banished, both from lan- i gua^e and composition: Ifwe compare the age in which these illustrious authors flourished, cither, with previous or subsequent , periods, we shall perceive no symp toms of inferiority to the aneientsj . and will be compelled to allow, very f conspicuous proofs of supremacy, * over more recent eras. This age, ] thtrfore, must be universally con- | lessed to combine the greatest con stellation of excellence in the above j branches i for it was distinguished, | both for a geuuine taste in ch~sick productions, and an unparalleled advancement in polite learning. lioot & Mioe Making. Subscriber informs his M customers and the public, i h a.t ik has moved his suop up Bioad-strect, to the house lately occupied by J'rtL'ici* Allen , tav lor, where he intends cai ryin^ on business ? in future. Those who will favor him wi h their custom n?ay depend 011 having theii work done in the best manner, and newest style. He has on hand an assortment of Boots <?r Shoes, of different sizes, qualities, See. fCdF* Wanted, oitc or two Boys, as ap prentices to the above business, who will be wctt taken care of, and thoroughly instruct - cd in the business. JOHN w. joxr.s. Camden, Sept 16. Just Published. - And for Sale at this Office, At Mr. Clark's and at Mr. Ma'.his' Stores, and at th?^ost Office, ( Prtce^n\ cents. J A Sermon, Rev'd Jr5r/l UK Y. One oj the Hiakofi* of the Methodist &/iisco /ial Church in America . By Hilli ahd Juno k? Elder, M, F. 0. Considerable allovm/ice made to those who buy d. quantity ? August 22. 1HI6. LEE $? DeLEON HAVE on hand a general assort - merit ot seasonable and Fashionable Goods. A'so, a good supply of GROCERIES* which v^ity will sell low^fbr cash or pro-_ duce. Camden, May 9, 1816. MILL SAWS. THE bubvc riucr \us a few Pbiladclv p H i a made MILL SAW S, fur on k^cod terms. HENRY ABBOTT. Camden, August 8, 13 15. 'iOtt Notice. C< OT T()N in <he seed \\\W be received / aiid expeditiously picked and pack ed, on usual toil, ui my Cottcrti Factory 211 Camden. ? J. LYON'. Au^. 15, 1816. N. B. I wish to hire two first rate pack ers for 5 or 6months. tf. 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Patent Medicines, justly esteemed for their extraordinary restorative qual ities: faithfully prepared by Dr. T, W ? DY01'i% Philadelphia, from the receipts of the late celebrated Dr. JiouB/tr\oN, oj Edinburgh*? ? DR. DYOTT'S CFLEBHATED Stomachic Elixir of Health ; ( Price One Dollar and Fifty Cents. J Which has proved by thousands, who have experienced its beneficial effects, to be the most valuable medicine ever offered to the public, for the cure of CoughB, Colds, C onsumption, the Hooping ( ough, Asthma. Pain in the Breast, Cramps and Wind in the Stomach, removing Costiveness, sickness at the Stomach) Head Ache, loss of Ap petite, Indigestion, 8cc. &c. From the ljysentry of Lax, Cholera Morbus, severe Griping*, and other diseases of the bowels, and the summer complaint in Children, it has proved a certain remedy, and restored to perfect health ft dm the greatest debility. DR# DY< >TTS Vegetable Nervous Cordial, or nature's grand Restorative. ? 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