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such of 91 V H $ de ! $ * $ , ih $#£ e a ^ 08 1 # ^ the passage of a . ^ Lueqtei Jng ^ tf ^ Qe ^/ vfii ^ ^^^^ 4 i 4 ^^ sfsttigdr . than Mr . Moditehafc describee , or than we woulci Willingly attempt to do * Sfofifiiee it to say , that the philosopher finds himself on the earjth ' s suit face ottce * toore , and sees in his companion , the beautiful Priestess of the Mdon . Sincerely as he might rejoice in finding himself so well out of the Pyramids , Mr .. Moore ' s readers
must equally rejoice at Ais extrication from his under ground embarrassments * and thenceforward the story proceeds , as it had done before while oh tte sober earth's surface , with interest and beauty ; But Alethe starts with suprise and fear when , instead of ^ e yep ^ table being whom she expected to find in the Athenian ph ^ lo ^^ r * ^ 0 ^ . ^ sc ^ pe ( unknown as he was , but byrtfptrte , to herself ) she Jiad ^ dniyaqcKj ^ t ^ Uy
made subservient to her own release from Heathen enfltfalment , she sees the young and handsome votary of the garden . After a pauge of tertor , dotibt ^ and hesitation , she cries , "To the Nile without delay , ' * atid thfc pbilbsopbsi * bears her thither in a boat procured for the purpose . < ¦ ? ¦¦ •¦" The position of the parties , obviously one * of difficulty ^ Hd ! defeev T enough , must be allowed to be beautifully tnandgedF ; arid the ^ c ^ es ^ up the stream is exquisitely told in strains of the fieriest , purest prose -jK ^ fe ; . ' Then * course , by Alethe ' s desire , is directed to a desert region m the nqigh ? bourfrood of the great city of Antinoe . . ,
From the explanation which Alethe flow gives of hef desire to seek the desert , and an episodical narrative here introduced , we learn the details of berinstory . She is a Christian . Her niother Was , tvheu ybung , employed by tlWveneriable Origen to transcribe his Writings ; in course of time she tjecaaofe possessed of a Bibie , sttid \^ as converted to tfe Christian faith . Being widowed and frieBdles ^ ^ &h € sought' &ti as ^ luhi iti the Terhpie of th ^ Moon , at Memphis ^ w'her ^ tfiotrgh officiating as priestess , she educ ^ f ^ t fie ^ daughter Alethe ih kef 0 vWt faith . After her death , Alethe coultf no longer
endure the idolatries of the temple , aftd her object wa ^ to join a smdfl coinniunity of Christians itt the wiWerness , bvei ivlifoni Melariius , s ( disdple of ( Mgen , preside ^ . 0 ^ their amval at the dwellihgs ^ of the Christian ' s , Ak ciphron carihot yesolve to quit his Alethe , who has become inspired by a mutual affection , and lie therefore styles' himself a * -Christian ^ afnd takes up 16 s abode among the cafetfna , ; though he is irt utter tgriotatice of the dbctrines and history of the divine ftritbj , having never seen its records , or
Conyersjed with a » y of ife pofessors except Alethe *; and trtftfr his di ^ cotirses with hep savour little enough of anything so solemn And important . Mfe itoagiBatiop is , however , soon iu » , and , apparentlyy Mr . Moore , conceive to be a jClpijJstian . What process his mind went through , we > are wot sufli-Ctewi * ipfprtr ^ d to be very clear about the matter , but Mefariau ^ is . * & far he htm Alethe and all
s ^ sfifd that beUolht ^ to ; happiness for this world and ^ noltrW seerrt ^ ^ t ^ his reach , when nis bright hopes are dark-^ nSejejl by we ^ re ^ king out of the persecution , ( o which Valerian was ksti-^ g ^ l ^ Jj ^ iai ^ S ' . Melanius dies undef torture , and Alethe by poison * 1 icuAjjon , after vainly denying his faith , i »( spared by the favouif of a Roman ffl ^' i ^^ jrt ^ eai * d crut ^ nfi ^ ny year ^ of hi 3 life , in , . tne , jte ^ ert ; wnere fyis d&ith b&Qtqfp | p ptr ^^ r ^ erij&df , thai , Jtt an adva ^ cecl af ; e , h « I'efuses- to sacnrifldei to j 6 m ^^ t ^ e tip , ^ tmp 0 ^ yvi % a ^ u fceipg ^( e ^ eifl ^ o hard labour ^ dies at ; sAcW « mi tale % fhc ^ feftef ^ art of Which , though very faulty , concentrates
