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" copied beauty and ideal grace ;" and its 

 mechanifm is alfo given, but in terms fo 

 technical as to fpoil the harmony of the 

 verfe in that paflage. Satire has caught 

 hold of the feldom harfhnefs, triumphantly 

 difplaying it in the Loves of the Triangles* 

 Mr. Wedgewood is addrefled as at once 

 the friend of Art and Virtue. His me- 

 dallion of the Negro-flave in chains, im- 

 ploring mercy, is mentioned as reproach- 

 ing our great national fin againft juftice 

 and mercy, fo long refilling the admo- 

 nitions of Benevolence and Piety, in tho 

 fenate ; alfo another medallion of Hope, 

 attended by Peace, and Art, and Labour, 

 " It was made of clay from Botany Bay, 

 " and many of them were fent thither, to 

 " fliow the inhabitants what their materials 

 " would do, and to encourage their in- 

 *' duftry." The emblematic figures on 

 the Portland Vafe, fo finely imitated in our 

 new Etruria, next appear in all the charms 



of 



