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Charles the firft. A flafli of lightning plays 

 in Mr. Day's hair, and illuminates the con- 

 tents of the volume. The poetic fancy, 

 ancfwhat were then the politics of the ori- 

 ginal, appear in the choice of fubjecl: and 

 attitude. Dr. Darwin fat to Mr. Wright 

 about the fame period. That was a limply 

 contemplative portrait, of the mod perfecl 

 refemblance. 



During the fummer and autumn of 

 that year, was found, in Dr. Darwin's cir- 

 cle, as Mr. Day's viiitor, the late Mr. 

 William Seward of London ; yet, though 

 a young man whofe talents were confider- 

 ably above the common level, he was 

 rather a fatellite than a planet in that 

 little fphere. He afterwards became known 

 to the literary world as one of Dr. John- 

 fbn's habitual companions, and, in the year 

 1 795> ne publifhcd Anecdotes of Diftin- 

 guiihed Perfons ; a compilation of more 

 induflry in the collection, than grace in 

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