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proportions . Through a long detail of particulars he traces , we thirlk satisfactorily , its gradual progress by almost imperceptible degrees through the periods of rudeness and barbarity , receiving from time to time those improvements and embellishments , which , in concurrence with the solidity of its foundation , have rendered it the wonder of the civilized world .
Although , however , it appears that the author is by no means blind to the abuses which have also crept in , or which still remain unconnected , yet these are touched with a gentleness which we should not quite have expected from Mr . Shepherd . We are sure , at least , that no parent or tutor needs to be afraid lest his child
or pupil should imbibe any thing of disaffection to the constitution of his country from the perusal of the review of it which concludes this part of the valuable work before us . Having thus gone through what rnay be called the literary portion of
the work , we shall , in our next number , endeavour to report the scientific or philosophical part . In the mean time our readers , we are persuaded , will readily agree witli us , from the simple statement here laid before th ^ m , that it is a work for which all those who are interested in the improvement of youth are greatly indebted to the very respectable authors . V . F .
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former contains the- 'following admirable remarks on the prdper method of studying Scripture : ic In the customs and manners of everj country there are peculiarities , which give rise to new combinations of ideas , combinations , into which no stranger cau enter . The words , which denote these
combinations , can , therefore , only be intelligible to those , who are familiar with the ideas , they denote . With respect to the languages of antiquity this is now impossible . To take , therefore , anyone expression of any ancient writer , and to argue from it , that be holds opinions contrary to the general tenor of his writing's , is , in my opinion , doing injustice to the cause of truth . I do not
believe that there'is ' a' doctrine , however absurd , which might not be established from isolated passages picked out on , purpose . Yet this appears to me to have been generally the course pursued by those , wbo having embraced with ardour the
speculative opinions of any particular sect , search the Scriptures for confirmation of their peculiar doctrines . No book in the New Testament has been more frequently applied to in tins way , than the Epistle to the Romans . '
This is highly deserving of obse *^ vation , but when Mrs . H . proceeds to give it as her opinion , that all parts of this epistle were written with va design to communicate instruction to all Christians , she surely forgets , that a . letter must naturally contain many
things , relating only to the peculiar circumstances of the persons addressed , and that , therefore , its meaning must be sought for by considering those circumstances * and not by contriving how to make its expressions useFul to all Christians .
Mrs . H . ' s Commentary on the Rerelation is remarkable , as proceeding on a totally different principle from any that has previously been applied to the explanation of this obscure book . She interprets the revelations , as all referring , not to changes in any
worldly kingdom , but to the corruptions of religion , and especially those which prpduce corruptions of morality . Thus the beginning of the sixth chapter she interprets , as a description of the state of the Pagan world as to
morality , when first pride went forth conquering and to conquer , then power was given to ambition to take peace from the earth ; philosophy made great promises , but performed them so ill , that a dearth of morality followed , an 4
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Review . — 'Memoirs of the late Mrs . Elizabeth Hamilton * 50 , 1
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Art , II . —Memoirs of the late Mrs . Elizabeth Hamilton . By Miss Benger . & vols . 8 vo , Portrait . THE first volume consists of the Memoirs of Mrs . Hamilton , and
some Essays , not suitable for notice in this publication . The second begins with several Letters , principally on literary subjects , which are treated with great judgment , especially her discussion of the doctrine of
materialism , in a letter to her deservedly honoured Correspondent Dr . S . In this she agrees with the writer of the present article in thinking , that the data necessary for the determination of the question are beyond the limits
of our present knowledge , at least , if not of the human understanding itself . These Letters , are followed by a fragment on the Epistle to the Rom&fcns , and a Commentary on the Revelation , both very deserving of notice . The
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1818, page 521, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2479/page/49/
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