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The boat of Barristers, the skill to draw,
And, all that judgement, all that wit
could deal y no saad vino v
Await alike the uncertainty of law;
And litigation leads but to the jail,

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Full many a Triply, drawn by writers keen, bis hid

Th' unfathom'd shelves of this dark garret beariq tdngoss

Full many a Bill, advis'd and pass'd un-
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Perplex'd his blackguard client's clear EDINBURGH, July 1. 1787. STE demand.

VIII.

Yet ev'n this trash from cookmaids to protect,

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Some frail direction dangles in a noose, On the death of the late Sir J. HUNTER
And warns her oft her ravages to check;
Nor feize their fpoils, to finge the christ-
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WHY in each Countenance, that late

ly spoke

The Mind ferene or tun'd to fmiling Joy,
Doth folemn Sorrow, with unerring Signs,
Proclaim her awful Reign-The troub
led Brow,

That gathers like a deep, o'erhanging
Cloud,

Th' involuntary Sigh, the starting Tear
Declare Calamity. And fuch, alas!
Each liberal Heart too furely feels there
is

For liberal BLAIR's no more.

O did the years Of those who croud into the Span of Life Each Virtue that can charm and bless

Mankind

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Extend to countless points of Time, of fuch

Mankind wou'd deem the ftay on Earth
too short.

But when untimely falls the Man belov'd,
In Prime of Days cut off, though old in
Virtue,

Grievous the Stroke indeed

Chiama gli habitator del ombre eterne.
Beneath fome pye the Condefcence liès.

I fent them with a load of books
Laft Monday to the paftry cook's.

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This appeared in a public paper very foon after the mournful event which eccafioned it. Several corrections have since been given it. Mr Woods of the atre-Royal is named as the Author,

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The humbleft Bard in all Apollo's train Now dedicates to him, whofe Worth he. knew,

Whofe Memory he reveres.

Elaborate Praise Tocelebrate his much-diftinguish'dName Were but fuperfluous. His PUBLIC SPERIT,

That, independent, fcorn'd all felfish Views,

And breath'd no wish but for his Coun. try's Good:

His Plans, that mark'd the mind enlarg❜d, and aim'd

T'improve and to adorn his favourite
City,

The Seat of Science and of liberal Art;
His Candour and Integrity, difplay'd
In the most arduous magifterial office:
Thefe, with the Eloquence of heav'n
born Truth,

Far as his Name is heard, declare his
Worth;

On each reflective Mind, imprefs the Lofs

A grateful Country mourns.

Nor yet alone, When lab'ring earneft for the general Weal

His Merits fhone confpicuous; from the the Senate,

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Register of the Weather, Remarks on Dr Johnson's Opinion concerning the Imitation of Spencer. Letter from the late King of Pruffia to the Gountess de Samas,

A Journey to the Ifle of Bafs. Infcribed to William Cochran of Gulane, Efq;

On the Culture and economical Uses of the Spanish Broom.By M. Broufonet.

On the state of the Arts and Sci

ences in Syria, and the Igno
rance of the People.-By M.
Volney.

Confiderations by the late Dr Samuel Johnson, on the cafe of Dr Trapp's Sermons, abridged by Mr Case, 1739. Account of the Life of John Napier of Merchifton,

Characters, obfervations, &c.

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59

78

Germans, in a Letter to the Publifher of a German Periodical Work. On the different fpecies of Phobia, in a Letter to the Editor of an American Journal,-Said to be written by Dr Franklin, 83 On the different fpecies of Mania; by the fame, Defcription of White-Wafhing; in a Letter from a Gentleman in America to his friend in England,

Defence of Women and White-
Washing,

An account of the Progress of
Population, Agriculture, Man-
ners, and Government in
Pennfylvania,
Modern Learning exemplified,
by a Specimen of Collegiate
examination,

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Metaphyfics,

ibid.

By Sir George Mackenzie of Refehaugh,

Logic.-Natural Philosophy; Mathematics,

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On the Conduct of King James VI. ib.

Chemistry,.

108

King Charles I.

72

Letters to the Author of Olla

Marquis of Ha

Podrida,

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milton,

74

On News-Papers,

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Picture of Egypt,

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Review of Mifs Greville,

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