)SED FOR LITERARY ESSAYS, &c. 



Ce of any cf the great men or philofophers thatfolloiv; viz. GalUlee; Columhus ; Don Henry 

 no, or Lorenzo de Medicis ; Cardinal Ximenes ; GaJIavus Vafa ; The Czar Peter the 



int Flerre ; or any ether great Jlatejman or philcfopher "uiho appeared in Europe bet-ween. 



EDAL, or FIVE GUINEAS. 



>■ genius and cajl of mind of the pcrfon, contrafled ivith the prevailing manners of the people 



"will be high recommendations ; but pompous panegyric 'will be "vieived in a 'very different 

 itedy that conjlitute the chief, and indeed the only excellence of the kipd cf painting here aimed at, 

 :olouring, are here ivantcd. 



ninent fatefman, philofopher, or artift nonv living, or ivho has died ivithin the prefent century • 



lotuledge of the human mind, ivill be principally fought for : Brevity and elegance in the 

 iality, they cannot be admitted. The cenfure and the praife of party -writers tend alike to deface 

 ?. This mufi be here avoided. 



illufrative of life and manners ; or effifion or difqaifition on any fubjeSl that tends to inter efl the 



JINEAS. 



d elegance of arrangement, and fprightUnefs of file, -ivhen devoid of affeSlation ; -ivill be accounted 

 ed to thofe that are grave and folemn. But let not affeSiation be mifaken for ecfe, nor pertnefs 

 ''or the truly pathetic can never fail to pleafe. 



•ity is principally required. It is not by quantity that the editor cf this mifcellany means to 

 Thofe ejfays ivhich comprehend much in f mull bounds ivill therefore be alivays deemed the moll 

 lefore is anxious that the ejfays offered to him Jhould be compreffed into as fmall a fpace as it 



rjrflort poetic effufion of any kind ; A SILVER MEDAL, — or two GUINEAS. 



'e£i poem in foreign languages, ithether ancient or modern ; A SILVER MEDAL, — or TWO 



andhefitaiion. All the fne arts are pleafing and attraclive ; but none of them, he believes, is ft 

 imagination is 'wartn, and before a faculty of ohferving things accurately, has formed a jiifi 

 poetic talent ; and the feduBions of f elf love keep up the illuffion. To thefe caufes, he is fenfible. 

 11 the prefs, ivhich ferve to difguf the man of tafe, and make him turn from the fight of vtrfe, 

 ly. Should thefe fmall allurements call forth a number of trifcs cf this fort, the editor 'would 

 unpleafng even to read fnch things, it ivould become in this cafe extremely diPrejJing, fr om the 

 cfure, hoivever, he ivould feel at calling forth, ivere it but afmgle line of genuine poetry 

 hefe fmall premiums. The effeii they produce 'will determine ivhether in future they Jhall 



IS and imitations from the poets in foreign or dead languages, be made chief y from fuch paf- 

 ready been done cannot be admitted, unlefs it pofffs very fuperior excellence. There is afpirit, 

 ier" by Gleim ; and a yet higher degree of artlefs energy in " The Songs cf an Amazon," 

 ! ; and among the Lyric pieces of Metafafo, there is a brevity, afimplicity, an elegance and 

 •s been thought the genius of the language did not admit of it. Kcither ivas it thought that " 

 'hat had been admired for tivo hundred years in the ivritings of Petrarch, till a lady, -well 

 ies cf poetry, no language -was more happy than our oivn. Under the plajiic po'wer of genius i 

 '■'ling, it is a tool of very c'lrcumfcr'ibcd pcwers. 



ivill he received any time before the I/? of January l'j()J,addreffed, pojl paid, to the Editor^ 

 : prefixed a fe-w ivords as a motto ; the fame motto, in the fame hand ivriting, being in- 

 he competitor, or fuch name and addrefs as he pleafes to put ht its fead, if be -wifkes to re 

 e premiums fhall be adjudged, -will be opened ivhen the premiums arc aivarded, and the effa^s 

 or they 'will be feverally publifbed, if approved Ly the judgei iojiuhom^this mailer Poall be \ 



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