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writers of France , how often are we compelled to pause , and wonder at their strange union of sentiment and affectation , of moral delicacy and voluptuousness , of
of the world , and the purest examp les in the walks of domestic usefulness , we should be obliged to relinquish some of the conclusions , which we have already embraced , and acknowledge that the state of Christianity in a country has little todo in the formation of female perfect in . But , when we look over the roll of the female
philosophy and paradox , of exquisite sensibility and practical unprincipledness ; so that there is hardly one of their most celebrated females , whose works you may venture to recommend without
reserve , or to read without exception . It may be set down , perhaps , to the prejudices of a Protestant education , or to national pride , that though I am disposed to Allow the singular merit and piety of the celebrated Madame Dacier , I could wish that she had not translated Aristophanes and Anacreou ; and must be allowed to prefer ihe severer accomplishments of the venerable "Mrs .
Carter , and even the curious learning and delicate ripeness of that modest prodigy Elizabeth Smith . I have felt occasional sympathy with the devout and mystical genius of Madame Guyon , but I cannot give to her that homage which I pay to the angelic vision of Klopstock ' s wife . I acknowledge the enchanting sensibility of Madame ^ Sevigne , the practical good
sense of Madame de Genhs , the Del phic inspiration of Madame de Stael , the passionate touches ° f Madame Cottin ; but my ad-Oration , at least of these latter
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writers , is often clouded # th s o *** row and disgust ^ I look in vain ; for one 4 sun-clad in perfect
purity , * and turn lor relief to the sound philosophy of Elizabeth Hamilton , or delight ,, myself with the exquisite elegance and hallowed fancy of Mrs . Barbauld , the exuberant diction and evangrheai
morality of Hannah Mare , the well-attempered maxims of the sen- * sible Chapone , the practical sagacity and miraculous invention of Maria Edge worth . These
names ,- —except , perhaps , the last , who has not yet authorised us to class her , —all belong to Christianity . They were nourished at the breast of Protestantism ; they are daughters of the Christian
family ; and they have breathed , though a colder , yet a purer air , than their rivals . It is our glory to belong to the age which they
hare illustrated by their genius , and our happiness to believe tk&t they will light the way for our children to glory , honour and immortality . ,
. * With these names I finish tjiis division of my discourse ; and if you are still asked , what Christianity has done for your sex , t ^ ou have only to repeal these .. names * . '
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The Eclectic Review * Islington , Nov .. 10 , 1814 . Sir , The late Rev . Samuel Palmer , of Hackney , on my presenting him a few years ago with a ^ copy
of the tenth edition of my Sketch of the Denominations of the Christian tVorld ^ observed that as all parties seemed now to * acknowledge the impartiality and utility of the work—one thing only is wanting to complete its popularity
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The Eclectic Review . 681
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/21/
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