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REVIEW. u Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame."— Po*».
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Review. U Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame."— Po*».
REVIEW . u Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . "— Po *» .
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Art . L—The Second Part of Armata * 8 vo . pp . 218 . Murray . 1817 . f i 1 H E hand of the same noble author JL appears in this Second Part that we traced iu the First Part of Armata . [ Mon . Repos . present Vol . p . 140 , &c ] The work is unquestionably Lord Erskine * s . But whilst it bears
the character of his mind , it can scarcely be said to reflect honour on his genius . The story of Armata is clumsy and ridiculous . Its merit consists in its fine speeches ,, or rather fragments of speeches . In these , however , the Second Partis decidedly inferior to the First . We do not make
an exception of Chapter VI . or of that part of it relating to Law , which is the best portion of the present publication . Lord Erskiue is quite a religionist . He sets out with an odd thought ,
namely , that but for the sea , " the propitiation for sin accomplished in Palestine , " would have been of no avail : as if apostles could not have travelled by land ! He describes ** Revelation" as " communicating a falleu condition and a mediatorial
redemption . " He is in favour of a reconsideration of the Articles , and against their being made use of as Tests . He declares himself a churchman , but expresses a wish that the " national religion , as well as civil state , should be
balanced by a popular constitution , and that the free spirit of the Dissenters should continue . " ** Many persons , " he says , * ' have been reproached or sneered at as Methodists , only for maintaining and believing the very same doctrines which our Saviour
preached when upon the earth , " With these marks of attention to religion , we know not how to reconcile certain expressions and inuendoes , and one abominable degradation of the most sublime passage of Scripture ; but we observe , that the noble author
has a theory of his own , with regard to perfection , which is , that it consists in the equal mixture of opposite qualities , and we conclude , that he applies this not only to political constitutions and ecclesiastical establishments , but also to individual character .
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Art . II . —An Excursion to Windsor , in July , 1810 ; interspersed with Historical and Biographical Anecdotes , for the Improvement of the Rising Generation . Also a Sail
down the River Medway , July , 1811 . By John Evans , A . M . To which is annexed , a Journal of a Tri p to Paris , in the Autumn of 1816 . By John Evans , Jun . A . M . l £ nio . pp . 568 . Sherwood and Co . 1817 .
MR . EVAISS designs this work to be a companion to his " Juvenile Tourist , " and , like that publication , it is well adapted for the amusement and " improvement of the rising generation . " The author has brought together the acquisitions of an active literary life , and has illustrated the little route from London
to Windsor , and the " Sail down the river Medway , " with a great variety of anecdote , biography , history , poetry and moral reflection . He preserves in himself , and he encourages in the
reader , a feeling of good nature towards all ranks of persons in civil life and all religious sects . This freedom from prejudice and bigotry makes his pages of great value to the younger reader .
On his arrival at Windsor , Mr . Evans led his party to the Terrace , and the following is his description of the Royal Family : " We entered Windsor about six o'clock , and havine * refreshed ourselves at the inn
with a cup of tea , hastened to the Terrace , where we found a considerable portion of g-enteel company . Intent on the gratification of a laudable curiosity , we felt peculiarly happy in joining- them on this occasion . It was seven o ^ clock , and the
g-ood old King * soon made his appearance with his accustomed punctuality . A little door in the castle was thrown open , when two attendants were seen leading- this venerable personag * e with g-rent care down a flight of steps till he safely alighted upon the Terrace . Then the Princesses Elizabeth
and Augusta , who were present , accompanied him , one on each side , or rather took hold of his arm ; they paced backwards and forwards for an hour , two bands of music playing" alternately ; the fine tones of the several instruments being- heig htened by the stillness of closing * day . The Kingf was dressed neatly ; blue coat with gil *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1817, page 618, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2469/page/46/
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