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of out 'ffefielty keeps an equal pace . Eternit 7 , not to be shortened by the lapse of twice ten thousand ages opens to our enr apt tared minds the prospect of risin g- higher in intellectual and moral
excellence , and higher still beyond all imaginable limits . Struck with the refulgent splendours of celestial glory on cyery side , joined in the bands of an indissoluble union with the assembly of the just made perfect , feeling within the refined satisfaction of conscious
integrity , placed under the government aad protection of Jesus , the friend of man , rejoicing in the love and approbation of our God and Father , and secure of enjoying for ever these sources
of inexpressible delight , we find our happiness adequate each moment to our capacities , though growing fer ever in proportion to their continual enlargement . " Bretland .
The seventh chapter contains public speeches , of which Mr . Burke * s to the Electors at Bristol , oft delining the poll ( in 1780 ) , and a funeral oration by the late Mr * Radclifie , of Walthamstow , are , perhaps , the first for solid excellence of composition . Under
the head Letters we are presented * with one from Cowper to Lady Uesftcth , which is singularly elegant , delicate and lively . We are doubtful indeed whether our
language furnishes finer examples of epistolary writing than the letters of this charming poet . The prose selections further include miscellaneous pieces : these , and ifotr least among them , li Mr .
Pitt ' s Speech on a motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade /' have , severally , great merit . But they are supplementary rather than miscellaneous ; most , if not all , being referable to some one of the preceding chapters .
In the second part , which consists of pieces in poetry , nearly the same arrangement is observed . A just regard , moreover , is still paid to the taste and situation of
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young readers ; a large proportion of the Selections being taken from comparatively modern poets . At the same time , Mr . Bransby has very wisely made choice of some
few passages which , were we aL lowed to borrow an epithet from the theatres , we might call stock pieces . Of these , Wolsey and Cromwell , from Shakes pea re , will always be pleasing and
instructive . Here , as in many other instances , < the bard of Avoti' * is remarkable for the grandeur and harmony of his versification—of which , however , many who in modern days pretend to imitate
him , are totally forgetful . "The Beggar , ' by Moss , f isjjiven by our compiler , as it came from the author ' s pen : and we observe that the exquisite Idyllium 9 by Logan , entitled The Cuckoof is
printed from a genuine text , u& . corrupted by any tasteless glosses * Being of opinion , lhat the best ends of education may be advanced by means of these Selections , the
price of which renders them generally accessible , we take the li « berty of warmly recommending tjie present volume to the notice of our readers .
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Art . Ill— A Sermon , preached at the Meet ing-House , Salters ' Hall , Cannon . Street ^ on the 8 th of August , is 13 , on tjbe Death of the Rev . &pgh
Worthington in the Fortieth ... year of his Ministry in that place . With Explanatory Notes . By James Lindsay , D . D . 8 vo . pp . 32 . Johnson and Co .
Of the late Mr . Worthington we have given an ample biographi-
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704 Review . — LindsayU SermonfarWorthington .
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t Mon . Rcpos . Voi , IV . 53
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/44/
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