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are.foberand affcfting; but the fecond and third have too 

 muny vulgar and worn-out divifions ; the lafl choruf, how- 

 ever, is rnore ccclefmftical, and Icfs common in melody and 

 modidation. The folo anthem: " Hear, O Lord," for_a 

 hafe voice, is grave and pathetic, on the model of Handel's 

 bell oratorio fongs. The fame may be faid of the next, 

 for two voices:'" I will feek. unto' God." " O God of 

 my rightconfnefs," is fuperior in the d\iet movement, folo 

 ve'rfc, and chorus, to any thing in the preceding part of 

 this volume; this anthem riles fomewhat above mediocrity. 

 «' O give thanks,'" is wholly built ivith Corelli's and Han- 

 del's materials, though fomewliat differently difpofed ; par- 

 ticularly page 86, where the whole harmony moves toge- 

 ther, one note lower, three times, after a crotchet rell, to 

 this bafe: E, B *^d, E ; D, A ^.^d, D ; C, G, C. " The 

 Lord is my fiiepherd,'' has too many light fong-paffages 

 in it, notwithftanding the white and fquare notes which 

 fMve it a venerable look on paper. " O how. amiable are 

 Thy dwellings," is a very agreeable anthe.m, though the 

 paffao-es were not new at the time it was compofed. The 

 movement with an organ accompaniment, in the anthem- 

 " Mv foul truly waiteth," is well conduced, and not com- 

 mon; the reft of the anthem has merit, particularly the 

 chorus of the lall movement. " The Lord, even the moft 

 mighty God," for a bafe voice, is fet with great gravity 

 and propriety; few anthems, indeed, for that fpecies of 

 voice, are more agreeable; the points, however, in the 

 chorus, are very common. The anthem in eight parts, a 

 due cori: " How long wilt thou forget me,'' is very well 

 written, a capella, and good mufic. tndeed, the firll move- 

 ment of this anthem nianifells greater abilities than any of 

 his produtlions that we have feen, who is in general very 

 correft in his harmony; but as to invention and defign, he 

 feldom foars above mediocrity. " O Lord give thine ear 

 unto my prayer," for two voices, is very pleafmg mufic, 

 particularly the firll movement. The lall anthem of this 

 volume is made up of common play-houfe paflages ; the firft 

 movement is heavy and monotonous ; the andante tirefome, 

 bv the repetitions of an old harpfichord-lelTon paflage in the 

 b.ife ; the chorus juilifics Mr. Mafon's cenfure of the author, 

 (coUeft. of the words of anthems) for his too long and 

 frequent divifions; thefe are too vulgar and riotous for 

 tlie church, and, indeed, would have no merit of novelty 

 r.\iy where. The -v'lvace, page 151, upon which the lail 

 chorus is built, has more of the dancing minuet, or Vaux- 

 hall fong, in it, than belong to that fuecies of gravity and 

 dignity which befits devotion. We think we could neitlier 

 play nor hear this' movement in a church, without feeling 

 alhamed of its impropriety. * • 



There is confiderable merit of various kinds in the Col- 

 lefiioh of Catches, Canons, and two-part Songs, publifiied 

 by Dr. Greene; the compolltion is clear, corretl, and 

 itiafterlv ; the melodies, for the times when they were pro. 

 duced, are elegant, and defigns intelligent and ingenious. 

 It was far^raftically faid, durincr the life of this compgfer, 

 that his fetular mufic fmelt of the church, and his anthems 

 of the theatre The truth is, he produced but little fecular 

 niulie. His fong of " Go rofe," was long in general 

 favour, and feme of his eafy ballads, as " Bufy, curious, 

 thirfty fly;'^ " Dear Chloe while thus beyond meafure," 

 iVc. were the delight of ballad-mongei-s fifty years ago. 

 The coUeftion of harpdchorJ IcfTons, which he publifhed 

 late in his life, though they difcovered no great powers 

 of invention, or hand, had its day of favour, as aboarding- 

 fchool book; for being neither fo elaborate as thofe of 

 Handel, nor fo difficult as the leffons of Scarlatti, or the 

 -fonatas of Alberti, they gave. but little trouble, either to 



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the mailer or fcholar. Indeed, as all the pafTages are fo 

 familiar and temporary, they fecm to have been occafiou- 

 ally produced for idle pupils at different timesj with whom 

 facility was the firft recommendation. 



Dr. Greene, during the laft years of his life, began to 

 colletl the fervices and antlisms of our old church compo- 

 fers, froin the fingle parts ufcd in the feveral catlicdrals of 

 the kingdom, in order to correcl and publiflithcm in Icore; 

 a plan whicl'i he did not live to accomplilh; but bequeath- 

 ing his papers to Dr. Boycc, it was afterwards executed in 

 a very fplendid and ample manner. Dr. Greene died in 

 1 75 J, and was fucceeded, as compofer to the Chapel Royal 

 and mafter of his majefty's band, by liis worthy pupil 

 Dr. Boyce. 



GnEEN'E, in Geography, a county of Wafliington diftrict 

 in Teneftee, containing 7610 inhabitants, of whom 471 are 

 flaves. Greenville college has been eftabliflied by law in 

 this county. (See Greexville.) — Alfo. a county in the 

 upper diftrift of Georgia, bounded W. by the upper part 

 of Oconee river, E. by Wilkes county, and S. by that of 

 Waftiington, containing 1076 1 inhabitants, including 3657 

 flaves. The chief town is Greenfborough — Alfo, a county 

 in the ftate of Ohio, hounded N. on the Indian ocean, S. 

 on Rofs and 'Warren, E. on Rofs and Franklin, and W. on 

 Montgomery county. Its extent from N. to S. is 58, and 

 from E. to W. 21 miles. By the cenfus of 180^ it contains 

 446 white males of 21 y^ars and upwards. — Alfo, a town- 

 fii.ip in Chenango county, New York, on the E. fide of 

 Chenango rivei", containing 655 inhabitants. 



GREENFIELD, a handfome flouridiing poft-town in 

 Hampfhire county, Mafl'achufetts, about 104 miles W. by N. 

 from Bofton. This towndup lies on the W. banks of the 

 Connecticut river ; it was incorporated in 1753, and contains 

 1 254 inhabitants. — Alfo, a poft-town in Saratoga count^■, 

 New York, containing 3073 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town in 

 HiUfliorough county. New Hampfliire, containing 534 in- 

 habitants. 



GREENHILL, John, in B'iograph\<. a painter of 

 much promife, but whofe difiblnte morals cut fliort his 

 thread of life, at the earlv age of 20. He was bom at 

 Saliftiury in 1649, ^"'^ becaine a pupil of Lely, whofe 

 manner of courfe he imitated, and with much fuecefs. 



GREENHOUSE, in Gardsmng, a houfe of ihelter in a 

 garden ; contrived for preferving the more tender and curious 

 exotic plants, which will not bear the winter's cold abroad in 

 our climate. 



Greenhoufes, as they are novv built, ferve not only as confer, 

 vatories, but llkewife as ornaments of gardens ; being ufu- 

 ally large and beautiful ftrudtures, in form of galleries, 

 wherein the plants are handfoir.ely raiigtd in cafes for the 

 purpofe. 



The greenhoufe is a fort of building, fronted and covered 

 with glazed frames, deftined for the purpofe of prefer\-ing 

 various forts of exotic ftirubs, &c. throiigli the winter feafon : 

 the aid of artificial heat is not here neceifary, ejjcept in very 

 intenfe cold weather. It is advifeable, in coiillruiSting fuch 

 houfes, to ereft flues to ufe occafionaliy, v.hi<-h may prove 

 ferviceable, not only in feverefrofts, but alfo in molft foggy 

 weather, where a moderate fire will now and then dry up 

 the damps, which would otherwife prove pernicious to many 

 of the tender kinds of plants. 



It diff"ers from the confervatory chiefly in this circum- 

 ftance, that the plants, trees, or (hrubs, are in pots or tubs, 

 and placed upon ftands, frames, or ftages, during the 

 winter, to be removed to proper fituations in the open air, 

 in the hot fummer feafon ; while in that there are beds, bor- 

 ders. 



