-ADVERtTREME]*fT, XXTK 



Vive and to promote in these more favourable 

 times ; and the English, Prussian, and Hano- 

 verian people, who have fought as allies at " La 

 Belle Alliance," may yet worship in more hoily 

 alliance — in the ''Beauty of Holiness," "and in 

 the bond of peace." / 



To the same generous friends before referred 

 to, the Editor owes the loan of many letters 

 from which he has made this selection, and 

 also the engraving, at their expense, of Dr. 

 Thomas Sharp, the author, some brief no- 

 tices of whom will be found among the ad- 

 denda, extracted from "Nichols's Literary Anec- 

 dotes of the Eighteenth Century." In Coles's 

 Collections for an Athenae Cantabrigienses, 

 he found many references to printed works ; 

 but nothing, both new and material, such 

 as the Editor deemed worthy of republishing, 

 after the lapse of so long a time since this 

 most worthy Archdeacon's decease. He has, 

 however, given Coles's notes and references 

 as to the Archbishop, and the Archdeacon, Dr. 

 Thomas Sharp. — From a MS. left by the latter 

 he has given to the public his sentiments on a 



