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ipnmte < hti saftfissitni apostoU per lat ~ fezzare tnolti . Qrjptinni . 8 k The miraculous head of St . Ciriacus is exposed . U& * i Rites in honour of the most holy heart of Mary . 3 O . Prayers before
the holy image of St . Rosa , brought from JLinia . September 10 . At several cfyupches , si bcncdzce ilpane prima dclla i&essa cant ,, che si cons , nolle Cate contre te temp e spiriti maL 21 . Rites in honour of the sacred marks and
miraculous blood of St . Francis , and of the i * nmaeulate conception of the most feoly Virgin . October 18 . At St . Peter ' s stand exposed his head , and at St « Mary the Greater one of his arms .
Tlie images of the Virgin Mary , painted by St . Luke , are uncovered . November 1 . Feast of AH Saints . linage * of the eternal feast celebrated by the saints in heaven . 2 Q . In the church of St .
Nicholas begins the devout exercise of the recital of forty Ave Marias and of forty benedictions , in honoijr of the holy accouchement of the Virgin Mary . 3 O . * At St . Peter ' s , exposition of his head . December 1 . After mass sung by a patriarch at the Pope ' s chapel , il Sommo Pontefice carries in procession ii venerabtle * 14 . One of the arms of
St . Spiridion is exposed . 21 . The table is exposed at which Jesus Christ made Kis last supper . 2 Q . A tooth of St . Trophimus , preserver from the pains pf the gout , is exposed . I am well tired in going through the
Bauseous recital of heads , legs , arms and bodies exposed — processions of crosses and wafer gods — worshipping of various images , with which the t ) iary is filled . It is curious , however , to see the mixture of Heathen and
Popish nameS , though on examination the rites of the two religions will be found to differ but little . But one thing is to be found in this little volume , to shame some Protestant churches which affect to establish an
uniformity in worship , and to bring All to the same monotony in their services . Ou certain days the service is performed at Rome according to the rites of the Greek and the Armenian churches j the Romish church thus
manifesting to the world that it does not nor ever did pretend to establish an Uniformity of worship- This absurdity wa £ reserved for Protestants , for whom I can wish only that they would be more attentive to . the spiiit of our holy religion , and less to that letter which
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they derive from the ignorance and prejudices of their ancestors . It is evident that there can he no ' want of employment for our Protestant gentlemen : every day presents to thriftsome concert , some farce , or some procession ; and we are much afraid that these mummeries in excitme : their
disgust , give them an aversion to all religion . A base guinea tloes not alter tfie value of the good one , but it makes us careful not to be deceived . So the sight of these mockeries ought to have the effect to make us value more the simplicity of the gospel . CHR 1 STIANUS .
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Sir , February Q 5 tk , 1817 ' FOUND very lately in a veilume I of Miscellaneous Tracts a Latin Version of the Essay on Criticism , with the following title : " TeiUamen de Re Crilica . Anglice prifcsceleberrimoAlexandro Pope , Latine nunc emittente Ushero Gahagan . Londini , 1747 "
On the blank page before the beginning of this Tentamen is written the following extract from , the Gentleman s Magazine . ' * Monday , Feb . 20 , 1 749 , were executed at Tyburn , Usher Gahagan , Terence Connor , and J . Mapham , for filing gold moneys Gahagan and Connor were Papists of considerable families in Ireland . The former
was a very good Latin scholar , and editor of B rind ley * s edition of the Classics , We translated Mr . Pope ' s Essay on Criticism into Latin verse , and , after his confinement , the Temple of Fame , and the Messiah , "which he dedicated to the Duke of Newcastle , in hopes tp obtain a pardon- He also wrote verses in English to Prince George and Mr . Adams , the Recorder .
u Iu a poem addressed to Gahagan , arc the following verses" Who -without rapture can thy numbers read ? Who hear thy fate , and sorrow not succeed ? Who not condole thee betwixt fear and hope—Who not admire thee thus translating
Pope ? Translating Pope in never-dying laya , Bereft of books , of liberty and ease ; Translating Pope , beneath severest doom , In numbers worthy old Augustan Rome ; Whose ah lest sons might glory in thy strains ,
Though sung in massy , dire inciimb ring chains ! G . M . 1749 , XIX . 90 / *
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Usher Galmgatis Veftianof Pnp € . 1 & 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/27/
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