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and does not confine himself to the narrow limits of Hebrew phraseology, as might be fhewn by many inftances.'

A ftrict attention to feveral minute points of grammatical accuracy has very much contributed to the merit of this tranflation; particularly the preferving a proper diftinction in the ufe of the definite and indefinite articles, as Matt. x. 24. A difciple is not above his teacher, nor a fervant above his master;' the not making ufe of the auxiliary fhall, where a fimple future time' is expreffed, as John, vii. 34. Ye will feek me, but will not find me ;'-the preferving the true power of the imperfect tenfe, as Matt. xxvi. 16. And from that time he was feeking a good opportunity to deliver him up.' Perhaps Mr. W. too closely adheres to this point; particularly in the too frequent introduction of the colloquial English phrafe to keep doing, as Mark, ii. 13. And all the multitude kept coming to him.

As general fpecimens of the work, we fhall make the two following extracts:

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Luke, x. 25. And behold! a teacher of the law rose up to try him, 26. faying Teacher, what muft I do to inherit eternal life? Jefus faid unto him: How is it written in the law? What readeft 27. thou there? He answered: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God

with all thy heart, and with all thy foul, and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself. 28. Jefus faid unto him: Thou haft anfwered rightly: do this, 29. and thou shalt live. But he, wishing to justify himself, faid 30. onto Jefus: And who is my neighbour? Then Jefus took

him up, and faid: A man of Jerufalem, on his way to Jericho, fell among murderers, who ftript and beat him, and left him 31. half dead. And a prieft happened to be going down the fame 32. road; who faw him, but paffed by on the further fide. And in the fame manner a Levite alfo came to the place as he went 33. along, and faw him, but paffed by on the further fide. But a Samaritan on his journey came to the place, and, when he faw 34. him, took pity on him, and went up to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring upon them oil and wine, and fet him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him and, on the morrow, when he went away, he took out two pence, and gave them to the hoft, and faid: Take care of him; and whatfoever thou shalt spend befides, at my return I 36. will repay thee, Which now of thefe three thinkeft thou, was 37. neighbour unto him, that fell among thofe murderers? And the teacher of the law faid: He that had fo much pity for him. Then faid Jefus unto him: Go, and do thou likewife.' Philippians, ii. 1. Therefore, if encouragemnt in Chrift, if the

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comfort of love, if a fpiritual union, if affection and compaffion 2. have any power; fill ye up my joy by having the fame difpofi3. tions, the fame love, the fame foul, the fame mind. Let there

be no quarrel or vain-glorying, but with all humility give the 4. preference to each other. Let each confider, not himself only,

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5. but others alfo. Let the fame difpofition be in you, 6. alfo in Chrift Jefus; who, though in a divine form, did not 7. think of eagerly retaining this divine likeness; but emptied 8. himfelf of it, by taking a fervant's form and, being made

like other men, with the difpofitions of a man, he became fo obedient as to humble himself unto death, and death upon a 9. cross. And, for this reafon, God highly exalted him, and 10. kindly bestowed on hin a name above every name: that before the name of Jefus every knee fhould bend, in heaven and 11. upon earth and beneath the earth; and every tongue fhould

confefs Jefus Chrift to be Lord, to the glory of God the father.' If any part of the phrafeology in thefe paffages fhould appear frange, the influence of habit in favour of the old translation ought to be recollected. Many alterations,' as our author remarks in one of his notes, which, at firft fight, will be hardly fuffered, would have appeared infinitely preferable, had they been original, to the prefent tranflation."

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To the tranflation, is added, in the third volume, notes, chiefly intended to justify the variations of the present from the commonly received verfion. These notes, as ufual, abound with proofs of the author's learning and ingenuity: but we are of opinion, that this fupplement would have been much more ufeful, had it contained a greater number of paraphrastical elucidations of difficult paffages, and of illuftrations of the facred writings from Jewifh antiquity. We must add, too, that, in a general work of this kind, the polemical ftrictures introduced in the preface, on the learned Mr. Burgefs's difcourfe in de fence of the Trinity, have no peculiar propriety.

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ART. II. Interefing Anecdotes of Henry IV of France. Containing fublime Traits and lively Sallies of Wit of that Monarch; digefted into Chronological Order, and forming a complete Picture of the Life of that amiable and illuftrious Hero. Tranflated from the French. Crown 8vo. 2 Vols. 6s. Boards. Debrett. 1792. 'HE editor of thefe anecdotes profeffes to have arranged them in fuch order, as to present to the reader the subftance of the hiftory of that great perfonage to whom they relate. He speaks of the collection as the chain of the important acts of his life, difencumbered from the details, the connections, and the tedioufnefs, of narration. Thofe details, and that connection, which, in the judgment of this writer, form the tedioufnefs of narration, appear to us to be the very cir..cumftances which conftitute the chain of hiftory, and render it interefting. Perfonal anecdotes are moft pleafing, when introduced in their proper place by a fkilful biographer. Jewels never appear fo fplendid, as when fet in the crown to which

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they belong. However, when thrown in confufion, on the table, they are ftill jewels, and therefore worth gathering up. From thefe brilliants, we fhall make up a fmall bouquet, for the gratification of our readers:

The King had a mind to fhew, in a moment, the different tempers of his Minifters to a foreign Ambaffador. He fent for them, one after another, and faid to them; Here is a beam that threatens to fall. Villeroy, without even looking up at it, advised the King to have it changed immediately. Jenin, after furveying it attentively, confeffed that he did not perceive any fault in it; but that, to prevent accidents, it ought to be examined by perfons skilled in fuch matters. Sully answered abruptly, "Sire, who is it that could have put you in this flurry? the beam will last longer than either you or I.”—’

Henry always fhewed great intrepidity and generofity towards his enemies, even to thofe who, ftimulated by a fanatic zeal, wished to take away his life. The hiftorian Le Grain records an adventure which happened to this Monarch with one Captain Michau, who had pretended to defert from the Spanish fervice, and go over to that of Henry, in order to find an opportunity of affaffinating him. One day, fays that hiftorian, as Henry was hunting in the foreft of Ailas, he perceives Captain Michau at his heels, well mounted, and with a couple of pistols cocked and primed: the King was alone, no affittance was at hand, as it is the custom of hunters to be fcattered from one another. Henry, feeing Michau approach, faid, in a bold and determined manner, Captain Michau, alight; I want to try whether your horse be as good a one as you fay be is. Michau obeyed; the King mounted his horfe, and, taking the two piftols, faid, Haft thou a mind to kill any one? I have been told that thou badft a defign to kill me; but it is in my power to kill thee, if I chose. As he faid this, he fired the two piftols into the air, and ordered Michau to follow him. The Captain, after many excuses, took his leave in two days after, and never again made his appear

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When Henry was only yet King of Navarre and Duke of Albert, he refided at Nerac, a little town in Gascony. He lived like a plain gentleman, and hunted often in the Landes, a district abounding in all forts of game. In the midst of the diverfion, he frequently went to reft himself, and take fome refreshment, at the cottage of a Berret; (this is a name given to the peasants of Béran, from a woollen bonnet of a particular fhape, which they generally wear.) No fooner did this new Philemon and his wife perceive the King coming at a distance, than they haftened forward to meet him; and, each taking one of his hands, repeated, in their Patois*, with fatisfaction pictured in their countenances, Good morrow, my Henry; good morrow, my Henry. They led him in triumph into their cot, and made him fit down on a bench. The Berret went to draw fome of his best wine, his wife brought in her wooden tray fome bread and cheefe. Henry, more pleafed with the good-will

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and the fimplicity of his hofts, than he would have been with the most delicate entertainment, ate with a good appetite, and converfed with them familiarly upon matters fuited to their capacity. When this meal was at an end, he took leave of the good couple, promising to come to them as often as the chace fhould lead him to that quarter; which frequently was the cafe. After he had obtained peaceable poffeffion of the throne of France, the Berret and his wife heard the event with a degree of joy which is not easy to exprefs. They recollected that he had eaten of their cheeses with pleasure; and, as that was the only prefent in their power to offer him, they packed up two dozen of the beft in a pannier. The Berret determined to be the carrier himself, embraced his wife, and departed. At the end of three weeks he arrived in Paris, ran directly to the Louvre, faid to the centinel in his dialect, I want to See our Henry, our wife fends him fome fromages de vache*. The centinel, furprized at the ftrange drefs, and ftill more at the jargon of the man, which he did not understand, fuppofed he was a fool, and pushed him back, giving him fome knocks with his fufil. The Berret, in great trouble, and already repenting of his journey, goes down into the court-yard, and afks himself what could have drawn upon him fo unpleasant a reception, when he was come with a prefent to the King? After confidering a long time, it at laft came into his head, that it was becaufe he faid fromages de vache; and he was determined to correct his mistake. While the good man is occupied in these reflections, Henry, happening to look through the window, fees the Berret walking in the court. His drefs, which was known to him, ftruck him immediately; and, yielding to his curiofity, he ordered the peafant to be called up. The latter throws himself at the King's feet, embraced his knees, and fays to him affectionately, Good morrow, my Henry, our wife fends you fome fromages de bauft. The King, afhamed that one of his countrymen fhould make fo grofs a blunder in the prefence of the whole Court, stooped down, and faid to him in a low voice, Say, fromages de vache. The peasant, ftill thinking of the treatment he had received, made anfwer in his Patois; "I would not advise you, my Henry, to fay fromages de vache; for I made use of that mode of speaking at the door of your chamber, and a great wag, dreffed in blue, gave me a score of knocks with his fufil, and the like might happen to you." The King laughed exceedingly at the fimplicity of the good man, accepted his cheeles, loaded him with favours, and made his fortune, and that of all his family.'

Henry, paffing through a little town, faw feveral deputies coming up to harangue him. One of them having commenced his difcourfe, was interrupted by an afs, who began to bray. "Gentlemen," cried the King," one at a time, if you please.".

• When Henry was entreated to take more care of his perfon than he had done, and not to go fo often alone or ill-attended, he answered, Fear ought never to find admiffion into a royal breast.

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The man who dreads death will make no attempt upon me; the man who defpifes life will be always mafter of mine, though I were encompaffed with a host of guards. I recommend myself to God when I rife and when I lie down; I am in his hands; and, after all, the tenor of my life is fuch, as to leave me no just caufe for diftruft: it belongs only to tyrants to live in perpetual terror.”

Many of the best passages in these volumes it is unneceffary to tranfcribe, as they are taken from the Memoirs of Sully; a work in almoft every perfon's poffeffion.

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ART. III. Sketches chiefly relating to the Hiftory, Religion, Learning, and Manners, of the Hindoos. With a concile Account of the prefent State of the Native Powers of Hindostan. Second Edition enlarged. 8vo. 2 Vols. pp. 350. 10s. Boards. Cadell. 1792.

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HIS enlarged edition of a work, of which we have already expreffed our approbation*, contains feveral important additions. Of thefe, the moft confiderable are in the first sketch on the hiftory and religion of mankind; in the seventh, on the mythology, and in the eleventh, on the astronomy, of the Brahmans; and two fketches, entirely new, on the affinity between the religion of Siam, China, Japan, and Thibet, and that of Hindoftan; and on the affinity between the inhabitants of Hindoftan, and thofe of ancient Egypt. Among other articles of curious information contained in this edition, iş an account of Thibet, drawn up from the papers of Mr. Bogle, who travelled thither on an embaffy from Mr. Haftings, then Governor General of Bengal. Mr. Bogle gives the following defcription of his first interview with the Rajah of Boutan, a country tributary to a Lama. (See Rev. vol. lviii. p. 460.)

If there is any fatisfaction in being gazed at, I had enough of it. I dare to fay, there were 3000 fpectators. I was led through three courts, and after climbing the iron-plated ladders which ferve for ftairs in this part of the world, I arrived in an antichamber hung round with arms. Here I waited fome time, before I was conducted into the prefence chamber, through a dark entry, and down two steps. The Rajah was feated on a throne, or pulpit, (for that is what it was like,) raifed about two feet above the floor. He was dreffed in the feftival habit of a gylong or priest; being covered with a scarlet fattin cloak, with a gilded mitre upon his head. A man kept twirling an umbrella over him. The pulpit was gilded, and furrounded with filver ewers and vafes, and the floor was entirely covered with carpets. His officers, to the number of twelve, were feated on cushions close to the wall. After making my bows, (which, according to the cuftom of the country, ought to

* See Rev. New Series, vol. iv. p. 141.

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