THE 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 



No. 355.] 



JULY 1, 1821. 



[G of Vol. 61. 



We purpose in nearly every Number of our future Series, to introduce, from original 

 draicing.s;aviewofsome house, building, or site, consecrated by some name dear to 

 Poetry and Philosophy, or by some cceiit deeply interesting to the feelings or curiosity 

 of Englishmen and mntikind. }Vv begin with the House of Mli,TON, at Chalfont. 

 The next view will be that of Locke's residence at Oates ; the next following, that 

 of VopE, at B in field ; and ne shall be glad to be favoured by communications of 

 anecdotes and traditions respecting them. 



MILTON'S HOUSE, AT CHALFONT. 

 It is •well known that Milton, during- the great plag-uc, removed from London to 

 Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire, and there finished his Paradise Lost. He continued to 

 reside there during its publication iu 1667 ; and, while sitting in the garden, receired 

 the suggestion of Elwood the Quaker, to write Paradise Regained. Our artist, iu 

 addition to his accurate drawing of the House, has conveyed a notion ofthe Bard and 

 his amanuensis during this conversation. The house is still standing, and is deservedly 

 venerated as the former residence of Britain's Epic Poet. 



For the Monthly Magazine. 

 SKKTCH by an observer of the 



IRISH REVOLUTION in 1782. 



rriH K American war, wliicli broke 

 1. out in 1774, promised in its con- 

 tinuance consequences xvhicli might 

 affect all Europe. The Northern mari- 

 time states asserted, under the colour 

 of an anned neutiality, the freedom of 

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the seas: — the House of Bourbon seized 

 Ihe occasion of disputing with Great 

 Britain tiie sovereignty of the ocean, — 

 Ireland, from a variety of concurriup; 

 causes, recovered lier birthright and 

 established her constitution. The means 

 she adopted for the attainment of this 

 great object, shall be the subject-matter 

 of the following observation*. 



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