Where kindling at thy song archangels glow; Nor, while thou lead'ft a brighter band on high,

Difdain to mingle with the choirs below.
II.

With ardent zeal to celebrate thy name,
And glowing with thy own immortal flame,
To this fam'd fabric an enraptur'd train
From many a distant clime their footsteps
bend:

Bleft fpirit, from the realms of day descend, And while the fwelling pæans round thee rife,

And loud and deep afcends the choral strain, Forget the loftier airs of Paradife,

And deign to fmite an earthly lyre again : O'er mortal breasts refume thy wonted fway, And all the wond'rous pow'rs of song difplay. IIL

Oh! for that energy fublime, Which thro' thy mufic's bold infpiring page, Roll'd with the torrent's overwhelming rage, To animate this meaner rhyme; Then in a strain exalted as thine own,

Should the transported Muse thy praise recite;

With thy freed spirit take her rapid flight, And urge her way to heav'n's eternal throne, To hear that high, unutterable fong, Which thou and the triumphant fons of light Thro' all eternity's bright day prolong! IV.

From thee new rage the British genius caught, New rapture wing'd the poet's foaring thought:

Charm'd with the noble wildness of thy lyre, [bends, From his bright fphere aftonish'd DRYDEN Owns thy bold fong his loftiest flight tranfcends, And learns to glow with more exalted fire. With all thy warm, energic fancy fraught, The mighty foul of MILTON fmiles to fee

Its vaft conceptions realiz'd in thee: The nine-fold harmony he fung was thine; While all thy fpirit marks his nervous line.

V.

But when beyond this mortal bound
That fpirit foar'd, with how divine a fwell
From the deep hollow of thy mighty fhell
Rufh'd the full tide of manly found —
Rapt, fir'd, tranfported with th' unbounded
lay,

The heaters thrill'd with holy extasy,
And in immortal pleasures died away.

Once more, oh! Handel, to our aid defcend, That while the loud Hofannas we prolong,

Th' eternal Sire a gracious ear may lend, Approve our raptures and accept the song.

The following jeux d'efprits appeared is the public papers.

ODE to FANCY.
FANCY, nymph of fprightly mien,
Oft invok'd by tuneful voice,
Thou canft gild each gloomy fcene,
And bid the chearless heart rejoice.
Graceful flows thy azure vet,

Lightly waves thy pliant wing;
Let me greet thee, lovely guest,

Fairest child of smiling Spring. Though I hear difcordant founds

Oft afcend from crowded streets; Though limited to narrow bounds,

This eye no beauteous landscape meets: Fancy can guide me to the grove,

Where sweetest warblers hail the day, Or bid my footsteps freely rove

O'er meads perfum'd by breath of May. Though fprung from a plebeian race,

Diftinguifh'd not by wealthy dowers, Fancy to me affigns a place

With courtly dames in Carleton bowers t Thence wafts me to the hallow'd fané.

Hark! the loud choral peal afcends;
Harmonious Handel hears the ftrain,

And from his awful diftance bends.
See where the wife, the brave, the fair,
To celebrate his name unite;
Behold the matchlefs Royal Pair,
Fit objects for a son of light!
The heav'nly minstrel tunes his lyre,
Such notes to Heav'n alone belong;
Sublime he ftrikes the golden wire,
Seraphic fpirits join the fong.
The fong implores the Power Supreme

To blefs the land where Science dwells,
Where Juftice rears her facred beam,
Where Charity pale Want repels.
Fancy, ceafe thy rapid flight,

To earthly scenes my mind reftore; Borne by thee to regions bright,

Mortals tremble as they foar.

Great HANDEL liften'd near the Eternal throne: "These strains (he cry'd, enraptur'd) are my own !"

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ABEL, Mr. Anecdotes of, 366

Academic, No. 1. 424

Academies, foreign, proceedings in them, 103
Addrefs of the Houfe of Peers, on the pro-
ceedings of the Commons, 147

of the Houfe of Commons against the
Miniftry, 297, 298
Advertisement, a whimsical one, 91
Aerial Travels, 25. 152. 316, 317
Air Balloons, regulated in France, 395
American States, Proclamation of, on the 5th
Article of the Treaty of Peace, 315, 316
Anecdotes, antique, 109

Mr.

of Dr. Goldimith, 15. Of Dr.
Hunter, 35. Mrs. Edmonds, 93. Edward
the Confellor, 109, 110. Profeffor Rich-
ardfon, 115. Mr. Rayner, 123. Metal-
tafio. 168. Theo. Cibber, 184.
Stoppelaer, ib. Mr. Davies, 199. Dr.
Playfair, 204. Serjeant Fazakerley, 257.
Of modern Characters, 258---263. Mr.
Poore, 269. Francis Maieres, Efq. 270.
Dr. Maskelyne, ib. Dr. Hutton, ib. Mr.
Maty, 271. Mr. Watfon, ib. Lieutenant
Glenie, ib. Dr. Pearfon, 342. Mr. Aftle,
351. Mr. Dupuis, 363. Mr. Jones, ib.
Mr. Hook, 354 Mr. Shield, 365. Mr.
Luther, ib. Sig. Clementi, ib. Mr. Abel,
366. Mr. Dale, 367. Mr. Stevens, ib.
Mr.Jackfon, 370. Dr. Arnold, 371. Mr.
White 440.
Mr. Wiley, 449. Mr.
Aylward, 450. Mr. Suck, ib. Mr. Qui-
lici, ib. Sig. Rauzzini, 451.
ter, ib. Mr. Baumgarten, 452,

Evans, 453.

Mr. Car-

Antient Philofophy, Hiftory of, 99---103
Aphorifms of Great Men, 181
Arnauld, Dr. Memoirs of, 335
Arnold, Dr. Anecdotes of, 371

Mr.

Arts and Sciences, their effects on Civil Li-
berty, 411

Aftle, Thomas, Efq. Anecdotes of as an Au-
thor, 351

Athol, Duke of, Indiaman, burnt, 77
Aylward, Mr. Anecdotes of, 450
Bard, one antiently retained in the family of
each Highland Chieftain, 327
Baumgarten, Mr. Anecdotes of, 452
Beauty, the idea of it fluctuating, 257
Birth-Day Balls, defcription of, 11.474
Breakfast, public one at Carleton-house, 397
Candia, Island of, taken possession of by the
French, 74

Card, a remarkable one, 149
Carleton-house, description of the State Apart
ments there, a23

Carter, Mr. Anecdotes of, 451

Caufe, a remarkable one tried at Bedford
Affize, 238

Character of Voltaire, 334

Charlemount, Earl of, Memoirs of, 83
Chatham, Earl of, defcription of his monu-
ment, 248

Cincinnatus, Society of, inftituted by the
American Officers, 74

Civil Government, Thoughts on its Rife and
Progrefs, 409

Clementi, Sig. Anecdotes of, 365

Climate, its effects on political Liberty,
411

Cole, Dr. Trick put upon him, 92
Commemoration of Handel, rife of, 165
account of, 328
Contagious Disorder among horned Cattle,
account of, 24

Controverfy between History and Novel Wri-
ting to form the Mind, 418. 419
Convocation addrefs his Majefty, 475
Correfpondence between Archbishop Secker
and Mr. Garden, 250-252

Crimea, the Country of, ceded to the Ruf
fans, 155

Cuddalore, Action of, 76
Dale, Mr. Anecdotes of, 367
David, King, an inftance of the mutability
of Fortune, 105

Davies, Mr. Anecdotes of as an Author 199
Dead Languages, inconvenience attending too
clofe an application to them, 420
Debates in Parliamen, on a Motion for go-
ing into a Committee on the State of the
Nation, 57-61. On a Motion against the
Ministry, 61, 62. On Mr. Pitt's India Bill,
62-66.On the State of the Nation, 137-
140. On a Motion to cenfure the Pr ceed-
ings of the Houfe of Commons, 140-147
On a Motion for a Committee to infpect
the Journals of the Lords, 225. On a
Motion for Adjournment, 226 On the
Ordnance Estimates, 227. On the Receipt
Tax, 228. On the Report of the Com-
mittee for infpecting the Journals of the
Lords, 229-233. On a Motion to post-
pone the Supplies, 300---302. On an Ad-
drefs to the Throne, 302---304. On a fe
cond Addrefs, 304---306. On a Motion
relative to the Office of Lieutenant of the
Tower, 306. On a Representation to the
King, ib.
On the Mutiny Bill, ib. On
the Navy Eftimates, 307. On the Repre-
fentation of the People, 308. In the Com.
mittee of Supply, ib. On the Choice
of

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Mafkelyne, Dr. Aneedates of, 270
Mafquerade, at the King's Theatre, 148. At
the Pantheon, 151

Maty, Mr. Anecdotes of, 271

Meditation on the Diffolution of Parliament,
254, 255

Melcombe, Lord, Account of his Life, 401
Memoirs of the Right Hon. Mr, Pitt, 5. Of
Mifs Young, 13. Of the Earl of Charle-
mount, 83. Of George Frederick Handel,
Efq. 163. Of John Norris, Efq. 333. Of
Dr. Arnauld,335. Of Lord Melcombe,401
Metaftafio, Anecdote of 168
Michael Angelo, his Life, 38-40
Mirth, Strictures on, 178-180
Modern Characters, Anecdotes of, 258-263
Morris, Mr. his Marriage with Mifs Harford,
annulled 473

Mulic, Lift of, Publifhed in 1784, 322. 402
Order of, at the Commemoration of
Handel, 324

Mutability of Fortune, remarkable Inftances
of, 20-23. 105-109

Natural Daughter, Hiftory of, 17-20
Natural Hiltory, 412-414

Norris, John, Efq, fome Account of, 333
Novel writing, its pretenfions to forming the
Mind, 418, 419

Noy, William, Attorney-General to Charles I.
his Will, 366

Occurrences, Remarkable, in the Year 1783,
28-32

Orleans, Duke of, his opinion of a Claffical

Education, 329
Painters, Account of fome who belonged to
Scotland, 422. 424

Pantheon, Alterations made there for the
Commemoration of Handel, 325
Parliament Diffolved, 238. 308

New, a Correct Liit of, 386-390
Peace concluded between Ruffia and the
Porte, 157

Pearfon, Dr. Anecdotes of as an Author,
342-344

Performers, Vocal and Inftrumental, at the
Commemoration of Handel, Lift of, 1324
Philofophy, Antient, Hiftory of, and Re-

marks on, 99-103

Pitt, the Right Hon. William, Memoirs of,
5-8. Voted the Freedom of the City,
156 Entertained at Grocer's Hall, 236.
At Goldfmith's Hall, 287. By the Di
rectors of the Eaft-India Company, 238
Playfair, Dr. Anecdotes of as an Author, 204
Poland, General Diet of, Account of, 415,
416

Political Characters, the Utility of Modera-
tion in them, 245

State of the Nation and of Europe,
166. 243 325. 407.
Poore, Mr. Anecdotes of, 269
Power, in what it confifts, 410
Proceflion of Mr. Pitt to Grocer's Hall, 235
at the Funeral of Sir Barnard

Turner, 475
Promotions, 79. 158. 239. 398. 476

Rayner, Mr. Anecdotes of as an Author, 128
Reparation, a Comedy, Account of, 149, 150
Reprefentation of the House of Commons to
the King, 218-220

Retaliation, remarkable Instance of, -257
Richardfon, Profeffor, Anecdotes of as an
Author, 115

Royal Academy, Exhibition at, 247
Ruffia, Emprefs of, her Edi& for Free Trade
in the Crimea, 314,315
Ruth, her History, 23

Scotius, Jonn, Anecdote of, 111
Scotland, Account of Painters who flourished
there, 422-424

Scraps, Mifcellaneous, 104

Secker, Archbishop, his Letter to Mr.
Garden, 251

Seduction, Reflections on, 91

Seffions, 235, 236. 319. 395, 396. 473
Sheriffs appointed, 156, 157
Sherwood Foreft, an Opera, account of, 246,

247

Shield, Mr. Anecdotes of, 365
Shipwreck, a Tragedy, altered from the Fa-
tal Curiofity, account of, 149
Shipwreck, a remarkable one, 155
Slave Trade abolished by the Queen of Par-
tugal, 154

Smollet, Dr. his Letter to Hume Campbell,
169-171

Spaniards, their Character, 331
Speech, King's, at the Diffolution of the Pare
liament, 238

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at the Meeting of the new
Parliament, 392

of the Lord Chancellor to the House
of Commons, 391

of the Speaker on being presented,

391
State Papers, 217-220. 314-316
Stevens, Mr. Anecdotes of, 367
Storms, 155. 234

Story, an affecting one. 89
Strangford, Vife. difqualified by Bill to vote
in the Irish Houfe of Peers, 397
Stuart, Gen. Difpatches from him, 73–78.
Swifs, their Character, 331
Tatler, the Impartial, 94
Thaw, effects of, 317

Theatrical Journal, 68. 147. 18. 246.

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Theatrical Portraits, Exhibition of, 13
Tickets for the Commemoration of Handel,
Defcription of, 325

Toilet. Mr. Pope's Defcription of one, 245
Tronfmigrations of Bridget Merlin, 148
Tucker, Dean, his opinion of the present
Difputes, 220, 221

Tunisians break the Peace with the Vene-
tians, 317

Two to One, a Comedy, account of, 472
Venom, a contagious Disorder so called, 24
Virtue, the Charms of, 299
Voltaire, a Character of, 334

Wales, Frederick, Prince of, Converfation
between him and Mr. Dodington, 403
Watton, James, Efq. Anecdotes of, 271
Wesley, Mr. Charles, Anecdotes of, 449
Westminster Abbey, Defcription of the
Building erected in it for the Commemo
ration of Handel, 323

White, Mr. Anecdotes of as an Author, 440
Will, a fingular one, 93

Wilfon, Dr. Thomas, his Life, 249
Writing, variety of Talents requifite for the
different Species of it. 417
Young, Mifs, Memoirs of, 13.

ACCOUNT of the Debates in the House

of Lords on the Eft-India Bill, 53
Addrefs to the Commiffioners of the Admi-
ralty. By a Sailor, 54

Addrefs (familiar) to the Curious in English
Poetry, 56

Air Balloon, or Flying Mortal, 297
Anecdotes of the Ruflian Empire, 205-210
Arthur's Sermons on various Subjects, 215
Authentic Narrative of Diffenfions and De-
bates in the Royal Society, 265

Cand d Investigation of the prefent prevail-
ing Tapi, 295

Cary's actual Survey of the Great Poft Roads
between London and Falmouth, 448
Chronology, a Syftem of. By Dr. Playfair,
202-204

Collection of Letters to the Volunteers of
Ireland, 53

Collection of Cafes concerning Tythes, 122 —