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Estimate fff& $ ^ Philosoph ica l Cfiumcter \ Y-U- \ tVh < &&& **• *¦ ' ¦ " [ f ^ HH B ^ efit&tiqn I . by IHigald Stewart , prefixed *^ St *|>|>> eBient to Enc yclopaedist » ritifWifl ^^ V « L-I . p . 59—6 * 5 . ] rt ^ HE ? #$ f ld > advancement of intel ?
X lectaal cultivation in . England , between the yea * s 1588 and 1640 ( a period t > f atoest ^ ininrterrnpted peace } , Safe been ^^ emacrked by Mr . Fox . ''^ egett ^ rjft'telppovement , ' * he ob-^ rw ^ /^ Frt-all ^ rtV ^ f civil life , and
jtoVe ^ att ,-th ^ astaiiifching p rogress ; of liteftMreViine < be rhost striking among ffi (?^ Bfte ^ f / teSturfef of that period ; ^ Ij ' a ^ e irf iheptiselv ^ es causes sufficien t tOjt&upe effects of the utrupst impof ^ cg . A . country wnpse language m ^ s enriched jw . tl )^ > yorks of Hpokex , Raleigh , a < nd JBacoVi , could not but ¦ a- ble
ej ^ meace sensi change t-i * iis marWier ^| d | nc ^ i ^ i ^ tsf si ) 4 e of thinking , 4 and even tp ^ ge ^^ tjt ^ e sa rci e la nguage in which Speilfcei ^ and Shakespeare had written ,, seemed a sufiicient j > lca ta re 8 cgiQ , tb < i , CJonmious- ^ af - JEngiand
frou * the appellation of . brutes + iw . ith whioJj ; HelnrytbeJE , igbtb had a < klressed them . "—The remark is equall y just and refirred . ;• ¦¦ It is by the tl \ ed iatioft ci f an improving ] anguage , that the progress of the cnind is chiefly continued from orte g ^ tiferatio ti to another i and ^ at the acquirements of the enliglitr € i \ d «! ; feW « re ri iiVsenfsibl / imparted to l many . ' Whatever tends to diminish tlu- ariib ' iiaitlcs / of " speech , or to ] 1 J f , with more l 0 K » pal precision , the vP ° ^ ? T v ^ f ^ ^ frms ;— - aboye all , ^ natevei * tends to embody , in popujar ! ° ! p&f # J ^ pcfjfaipn , ; the M ? & * a ; n < J e ^ fflPoOf tl > e ? wi ^ e and good ,, awgm ents the natural powers oMh&iktfcm uhdetstanding , and enables -the 8 Uc ceeding race to . start figtSMiMk ?
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peculiar force to the study of the rni «< l - itself ; a study ; where the chiefsotusce of error is the imperfection of wordsrf * and where every improvement on tiftis' ? great instrument of thought rri ? ay % e justly regarded in th > e Hght of ' W ^ covery . f ' ¦ ¦ ' ''* "' ' ' ; •• -- ' * ; ^ * In the foregoing list of ilhrstrious
names , Mr . Fox has , ' \ viitil m uch propriety :, connected those of Bacon anrl Raleigh ; two men , who , ^ Qt ^ JjS ^ standing the diversity of their profei ^^ sional pursuits , and the strong cqhr \ trast of their characters , exhibit , neve ^ v theless , in their capacity of authors ^ . » some striking features of resemblance * Both of them owed to the force of
their Own minds , their enianeipattort from the fetters of the schdols ; both were eminentl y distinguished abote their contemporaries , by the ori f ^ ir nality and enlargement of their phifi £ . sophical vmws ; and both divide , with the venerable Hbo'ker , the glory of exemplifying to their yet unpolisjied
• f- It is not so foreign as may at first'be sup ]> osed to the object of this Discourse , ' to take notice here of . the extraordinary deDQand for books on Agriculture urtd ' er the government of James I . The fact is thus very strongly stated by Dr . Johnson , in his Introduction to tbe Harleian
Miscellany . It deserves to be remarked , because it is not generally knowrl , that the treatises on husbandry aed agrtcul-. ture , which ^ were published' cfitring ^ th © rei ^ n of King James , are « o nnmeroiip ^ that it can scarcely be imagined by . whom they were written , ' Ot to wh 6 m they were sold : " Nothing ¦ can itlustrare . mdte strongly the effects of a pacific ^ system of poltey > ?' in * encburagihg a general' taste fbr ^ ' 'Treading , as well as an activfe spirit" 6 P ¦ "• ^ ffi ^ wjt imDrpveiiient . ~ " At all times ' , and" ~ ~ ffrt tjvo-y i ^ cftakA ^ y ^ Ibe extensive sal e of booksiqt * . ugrtcultur ^ 4 » ay be reg % r 4 ed . && Q $ * e *< af i tbft , mpet pleaslpg ? sympXanw * a $ » * jaeut ^ l euUiv < M ^ ott « tk igKfllli Jbfit ^ r ^ lW ^ nttzv . . : . . A - . . * - ^ # ••» ft A ^ ^
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i . : > THE * % F , „/* *;] « . ;• • ^; - ' - • ¦ - > - • ¦ ¦ ¦ & < ¦ - r
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NoTifix ^ NOVEMBER , 1816 . [ Vol XL
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/1/
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