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fnfnJs and party, at the head of whom was Frederick prince 

 of Wales; and' the play was publilhed by fubfciiption in 

 1 7 jy, much more to his advantage than if it had been afted. 

 Warmly attached to iiis royal highnefs, Brooke took a houfe 

 at Twickenham, near Mr. Pope's, and fent for his wife, 

 who was propofcd by the prince as wct-nurfe to a child, ot 

 whom the pnncefs was then pregnant. But his expences 

 exceeding his income, he was prevailtd upon by his wife to 

 part with his houfe, to difmifs his fervants, and to retire to 

 privacy in his native country. His attachment to the miifcs, 

 however, conti;iued ; and in >745 his tragedy, «ntitled 

 •' The Earl of VVellmoreland," was aftcd at Dublin; and 

 in the fame year he publiflied his " Farmer's Letters," 

 which were addreffed to the people of Ireland, and dcligned 

 to promote the principles of liberty and patriotifm. At this 

 time he was patronized by the carl of Clieftcrfield, then 

 the lord-lieutenant, and appointed barrack-mafler. As a 

 poet he afterwards diilingu(hed himfelf by three pieces, com- 

 municated to the public in Moore's " Fables for the Female 

 Sex," 1747. His piece, entitled " The Female Seducers," 

 has been peculiarly admired, not only for tendcrncfs and 

 pathos, as well as fublime poetry, but for the devotional 

 fpirit which always charafterized the author. Difappointed 

 in his views of farther advancement, he retired into the 

 co'.intry, in company with an only brother ; where they 

 reared together iheir numerous families, with mutual har- 

 mony and affection. His intervals of leifure were employed 

 in writing dramatic pieces and novels, the former of which 

 he hoped to have introduced on the London llage. But 

 though Mr. Garrick would at one time have engaged him 

 as a writer ; his propofals were not duly regarded by Mr. 

 Brooke, who flattered himfelf with more encouraging pro- 

 fpeds, and they were, therefore, sever renewed. His 

 tragedy of the " Earl of Eflex," however, which had been 

 aAed at Dublin, in 1749, was alfo performed at Drury- 

 lane in 1760 : but as to his other tragedies and comedies, it 

 does not appear whether they were exhibited in any theatre. 

 In 1762 he publifhed a treatife in 8vo. entitled " The Trial 

 of the Roman Catholics," favourable to that clafs of Irifh 

 fubjeds ; and in 1766, his novel, called "The Fool of 

 Quality," which attradlcd confiderable attention, though 

 its general plan was wild and incoherent, and the latter 

 volumes were ftrongly tinftured with methodifm, in which 

 the religious fervour of his mind at length terminated. Ge- 

 reroHS and fympathifing in his difpofition, and dcftitute of 

 economy, he was reduced to the neceffity of firft mortgaging, 

 and, at length, of felling his patrimony ; in confequence of 

 which he relided for fome years in a rented houfe at Kildare, 

 which he afterwards quitted for a far.-n near his former habi- 

 tation. The affliftion of lofing his wife, after an union of 

 nearly 50 years, and alfo of a favourite child, depreiTtd his 

 fpirits and deranged his underftanding to fucb a degree as to 

 terminate in almoft total imbecility. His novel, entitled 

 " Juliet Grenville," pvibliQied in 1774, indicated ftill more 

 fenfibly than the lafl volumes of the Fool of Quality, the 

 decline of his faculties. His two poems, viz. " Redemjj- 

 tion," and the " Fox chace," are among his later works, and 

 little known or read. He died in Oftober 178J, leaving 

 only two furvivors of his feventeen children. His dramatic 

 and other works (the novels excepted) were printed in 

 4 vols. 8vo. 17S0. Life prefixed to his works. Gen. 

 Biog. 



Brooke, Francis, thedaughter of a clergyman, whofe 

 name was Moore, and the wife of the Rev. John Brooke, 

 of Norfolk, was diftinguifhed both by her hterary talents 

 and the gentlenefs and fuavity of her manners. Her death, 

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17S9, was occafioned by a fpafmodio complaint. Her firft 

 literary performance was a periodical work, entitled " The 

 Old Maid," continued from November 15th, 1 755, until 

 July 17^6, and publifhed in one volume iimo. In the 

 latter year (he publifhed " Virginia," a tragedy, with odes, 

 palbrals, and tranfiations, 8vo. In 1763, (lie pubhfhed her 

 novel, entitled " The Hiflory of Lady Julia Mandeville," 

 which was read with general approbation, although not 

 without a wifli that the cataftrophe had been lefs melancholy. 

 In the fame year fhe alfo publifhed " Letters from Juhet 

 Lady Catcfby to her Friend Lady Henrietta Campley," 

 l2mo.; a tranflation from the French. She foon afterwards 

 accompanied her hufband, who was chaplain of the garrifoH 

 at Quebec, to Canada ; and there witneffed thofe romantic 

 fcenes that are fo admirably dcfcribed in her " Hilloi7 of 

 Emily Montague," 4 vols. i2mo. 1769. lu the following 

 year appeared " Memoirs of the Marquis cf St. Forlaix," 

 4 vols. i2mo. Soon after her return from Canada, fhe 

 formed an intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Yates, and had, 

 as fome have faid, a fhare with her in the Opera-houfe. As 

 Mr. Garrick had rejcfted her tirft play, which was the 

 tragedy of Virginia, fhe made a fecond attempt to obtaia 

 his favour, but without fuccefs. This conduft, on the 

 part of the manager, excited her refentmcnt, which fhe ex^ 

 prefTed witli a feverity, afterwards lamented and retrafted, 

 in a novel, entitled " The Excurfion," and pubhflied ia 

 2 vols. i2mo. 1777. Her " Siege of Sinope," was afted 

 at Covent-Garden, in 1781, and met with temporary ap- 

 probation, probably from the fupport that was given to it by 

 the theatrical talents of Mr. Henderfon and Mrs. Yates; 

 but her moil popular performance was " Rolina," prefented 

 to Mr. Harris, the manager of Covent-Garden, and afted 

 at that theatre in 1782. Her laft work was " Marian," 

 which appeared in 1788, and was afted with fome fuccefs, 

 though it was much inferior to her Rofina. She was alfo 

 the tranflatorof the " Abbe Millot's Elements of the Hif- 

 tory of England, from the Invafion of the Romans to the 

 Reign of George IL" in 4 vols. l2mo. Biog. Dift. 



BROOKFIELD, in Geography^ one of the moll ancient, 

 wealthy, and populous towns of Worcetler county, in the 

 ftate of MalTachufetts, fituate in the fouth-weftern part of 

 the county, and containing 3100 inhabitant? ; 64 miles W. 

 of Boflon, on the pofl road leading from Bofton to New 

 York, and 27 miles W. of Worceller. Its Indian name was 

 " Quaboag."' In the vicinity of this town are iron ore, and 

 large quantities of Hone, which yield copperas. It was fet- 

 tled by people from Ipfwich, in 16'^ o, and incorporated in 

 J673. — Alfo, a townfhip in Orange county, Vermont, in- 

 cluding 4.21 inhabitants ; 81 miles northerly from Benning- 

 ton — Alfo, a townfhip of Lincoln county, in the dillrift of 

 Maine, 14 miles above Norridgewalk, on Kennebeck river; 

 formerly called " Seven Mile Brook." — Alfo, a town ia 

 Montgomery county. New York ; 160 inhabitants of which 

 are electors by the ftate cenfus of 1796. — Alfo, a townfhip 

 in Fairfield county, Connecticut; 6 miles N.N.E. from Dan- 

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BROOKHAVEN, a townfliip in Suffolk county, Long- 

 ifland. New York, containing 3224 inhabitants, of whom 

 S2J are flaves, and by the ftate cenfus of 1796, 535 eleftors. 

 The town includes about 40 houfes, together with an cpif- 

 copalian and a prefbyterian church; 60 miles E. of New York. 



BROOKLIME, in Botany. See Veronica Becc-4- 



BUNGA. 



BROOKLYNjin Geography, ii.-p\ezS?m\. town of America, 

 inNorfolkcountyandftateofMaffachufetts, containingabout 

 60 or 70 families ; fituate between Cambridge and Roxbury, 

 and feparated from Boftor, on the call by a narrow bay, 



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