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creased so much, that I \ras encoiirap;ed to remove to 

 the Examination Hall, from which time my lectures 

 attracted a larjje portion of public attention, strangers 

 forming a considerable portion of the auditory." 



It is worthy of remark, in connexion with this 

 production of a liighlj'-gifted scholar ami divine, 

 whose name does honour to Trinity College, Dub- 

 lin, that Dr. Sullivan's Lectures on the Constitution 

 and Lnios of England, which have since deservedly 

 acquired so much fame, were delivered in presence 

 oi only three individuals. Dr. jNlichael Kearney and 

 two others — surely no great encouragement to 

 Irish genius! In fact, the Irish long seemed un- 

 conscious of the merits of two considerable works 

 by sons of their own university, — Hamilton's 

 Conic Sections awCl Sullivan's iec-fore.?; and hesi- 

 tated to praise, until the incense of fame arose to 

 one from the literary altars of Cambridge, and an 

 English judge, Sir William Blackstone, authorised 

 the other. 



In the memoir to which I have referred, we find 

 a complete list of the many publications which 

 Dr. Miller, " distinguished for his services in 

 theology and literature," sent forth from the press. 

 We are likewise informed that there are some tin- 

 published letters from Hannah More, Alexander 

 Knox, and other distinguished characters, with 

 whom Dr. Miller was in the habit of corres[)ondiug. 



Abhba. 



Anticipations of Modern Ideas or Inventions. — 

 In Vol. iii., pp. 62. 69., are two interestinu in- 

 stances of this sort. In Wilson's Life of Defoe, 

 he gives the titles of two works which I have 

 often sought in vain, and which he classes amongst 

 the writings of that voluminous author. They 

 run thus : 



" Auguati triumphans, or the way to make London 

 the most flourishing city in the universe. I. By 

 establishing a university where gentlemen may have an 

 academical education under the eye of their friends 

 \_lfie Lnndon Unicersiti/ anticipnteii^ II. To prevent 

 much murder, &c., by an hospital for foundlings. 1 1 1. 

 By suppressing pretended madhouses, where many of 

 the fair sex are unjustly confin'd while their husbands 

 keep mistresses, and many widows are lock'd up for 

 the sake of their jointures. IV. To save our youtli 

 from destruction by suppressing gaming tables, and 

 Sunday debauches. V. To avoid the expensive im- 

 portation of foreign musicians by promoting an aca- 

 demy of our o\\'n,\_Anliii patio II of tite Rwjal Acadenuj of 

 Music], See. SiC. London: T. AVarner. 1728. 8vo." 



" Second Tltoiir/hts lire liest ; or a further Improvement 

 of a late Sclienie to prevent Street Robberies, by which 

 our Streets will be .so strongly guarded and so glori- 

 ously illuminated, that any Part of London will be ns 

 .•■afe and pleasant at .Midnight as at Noonday ; and 

 Burglary totally inipractical)le [a rcmarliahle. anticipa- 

 tion nf tilt present state of tlilnt/s in the principal lliorotigh- 

 fares]. With some Tliotiglits for suppressing Itob- 

 beries in all the I'ublic Roads of England [rural police 

 anticipated]. Humbly offcr'd for thu Good of his 



Country, submitted to the Consideration of Parliament, 

 and dedicated to liis Sacred Majesty Geo. II., by 

 Andrew iMoreton, Esq. [supposed to be an assuiried 

 name ; a common practice of De Foe's]. London. 

 W. Meadows, 1729." 



R. D. H. 



"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon!" — The 

 above text is often quoted as not being in accord- 

 ance witli the present state of our astronomical 

 knowledge, and many well-known conimentators 

 on the Bible have adopted the same opinion. 



I findKitto, inthe l'icto?-icdBible,chara.cteris\ng 

 it as " an example of those bold metaphors and 

 poetical forms of expression with which the Scrip- 

 tures abound." Scott (edit. 18-50) states that "it 

 would have been improper that he (Joshua) should 

 speak, or that the miracle should be recorded ac- 

 cording to the terms of modern astronomy." 



Mant (edit. 1830) says : " It is remarkable that 

 the terms in which this event is recorded do not 

 agree with what is now known regarding the 

 motion of the heavenly bodies." 



Is it certain that. Joshua's words are absolutely 

 at variance and irreconcileable with the present 

 state of astronomical knowledge Y Astronomers 

 allow that the sun is the centre and governing 

 principle of our system, and that it revolves on its 

 axis. What readier means, then, could Joshua 

 have found for staying the motion of our planet, 

 than by commanding the revolving centre, in its 

 inseparable connexion with all planetary motion, 

 to stand still ? I. K. 



Langleys Polidore Vergile. — At the back of (he 

 title of a copy of Laiigley's Abridgement of Poli- 

 dore Vergile, 8vo , Loiul. 1546, seen by Hearne in 

 1719, was the following MS. note: 



" At Oxforde, the yere 1546, browt down to Seyn- 

 bury by John Darbye, pryse l'!n. AVhen I kept Mr. 

 Letymer's shype I bout thys boke when the Testament 

 was obber.igatyd that shepe herdys niyght not red hit. 

 1 prey God amende that blyndnes. Wryt by Robert 

 Wyllyams, kepynge shepe uppon Suynbury Hill." 



At the end of the dedication to Sir Ant. Denny 

 is also written : 



" Robert Wyllyams Boko, bowgyt by John Darby at 

 Otsforth, and brot to Seynbury." 



The Seynbury here mentioned was doubtless 

 Saintbury in Gloucestershire, on the borders of 

 Worcestershire, near Chipping Campden, and 

 about four miles distant from Evesham. P. B. 



Luther and Ignatius Loyola. — A parallel or 

 cotinterpoising view of these two characters has 

 liecn quoted in several publications, some of recent 

 date; but in all it is attributed to a wrong source. 

 Mr. IM'Gavin, in his Protestunt, Letter CXL., 

 (p. 582, ed. 1846); Mr. Overbury, in hh .Jesuits 

 (Lond. 184G), p. 8., and, of course, the authority 

 from which he borrows, Poynder's History of the 

 Jesuits ; and Dr. Dowling's Romanism, p. 473. 



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