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the ancrry tempers of the difputants ; we may obferve tliat 

 Dr. Lowth was elcfted a fellow of the Royal Society at 

 Gottingen in the year 1765, and in tlie following year he 

 was promoted to the fee of St David's, and almoft imme- 

 diately tranflated to the bifhopric of Oxford. In this hip;h 

 ofBce he remained till the year 1777, when he fucceeded 

 Dr. Terrick. in the fee of London, in 1778 he publidied 

 the laft of his literary labours, entitled " Kaiah : Anew 

 Tranflation, with a preliminary DifTertation, and Notes, 

 critical, philological, and explanatory." His defign, in 

 this work, was not only to give an exaft and faithful re- 

 prefentatioii of the words and fenfe of the prophet, by ad- 

 hering clofely to the letter of the text, and treading, as 

 nearly as may be, in his footlleps ; but, moreover, to 

 imitate the air and manner of the author, to exjjrefs 

 the form and fafliion of the compofition, and to give the 

 Enghfh reader fonie notion of the peculiar turn and call 

 of the original. This verfion, excellent in itfelf, was not 

 entirely faulllefs, and the miftakes were pointed out by 

 Michael Dodfor, efq. (See Dodson.) In 1779 the bilhop 

 ivas called on to preach a fermon before the king at the 

 Chapcl-royal, on A!h-Wednefday, in which he attacked 

 the opponents to the minillerial fyftem of goverimicnt, 

 among whom was the celebrated Dr. Richard Price, who 

 defended himfelf with energy and fpirit. In 1781 bifhop 

 Lowth was engaged in a law fuit with Lewis Difney 

 Ffytche, efq., concerning the kf^ality of general bonds of 

 refignation, which, if Dr.Towers's llatementof the cafe be at 

 all accurate, was highly difcreditablc to his lordlhip : fuffice 

 it to fav, that in this cafe the decifions of the courts of 

 law, almoll unanimoufly pronounced, were unexpe-ftedly 

 reverfed by the houfe of lords, by a fmall majority of one, 

 and of tl-.e numbers who voted on this occafion fourteen 

 were bidiops, and as fuch parties in their own caufc. (See 

 Dr. Towcrs's Obfervations on the Caufe between the Bilhop 

 of London, and L. D. Ffytche, efq.) In 17S3 the bidiop 

 was fixed on to fucceed archbifliop Cornwallis, but on ac- 

 count of his advanced age he thought proper to decline the 

 high honour of the archbifhopric of Canterbury. In tlie 

 latter years of his life he endured a great degree of fut- 

 fering from that dreadful diforder, the llone, v hich he bore 

 with fortitude and refignation to the divine will. He ex- 

 perienced alfofome of the mod painful ftrokts of calami- 

 ties which a father can experience, in the lofs of affectionate 

 children. In 1768 his eldeft daughter died at the age of 

 tliirteen, of whom he was paflionately fond, and whofe 

 <ieath he deplored in the following exquifitely beautiful 

 epitaph, which is infcribed on her tomb: 



Cara, vale, ingenio praftans, pietate, pudore, 



Et plufquam nata: nomine cara, vale. 

 Cara Maria, vale. At veniet fclicius sevom 



Quando iterum tecum, fim modo dignus, ero. 

 Oara, redi, l;Eta turn dicam voce paternas, 



Eja, age in amplexus, cara Maria, redi, 



!n lySjj, his feconj daughter, as (he was preliding at the 

 *ea-table, fuddenly expired. Hiseldcll fon alfo, of whom 

 he wa' led to form the highell expeftati ins, was linrried to 

 the grave in the bloom of youth. His lordfhip died at 

 Fiilham in 17R7, having nearly completed the 77th year of 

 Lis age. Of oifhop Lov.th'o extenfive learning, fine talie, 

 and peculiar qualifications for the ftation which he tilled, lie 

 lias left abundant proofs. While his amiable manners ren- 

 •leied hi:n an ornament to the high rank in which l.e moved, 

 and endeared him to all with v. hom he converfed, his zeal 

 for the e'lablLlied religion of the country nude him an- 

 xious to promote to places of trail and dignity fuch cler- 



gymen as he knew were beft qualified to fill them. Hf 

 united, in an eminent degree, the qualities of the gentle- 

 man with thofe pf the fcholar : he converfed with elegance, 

 as he wrote with aceuracy. His heart was tender and fym- 

 pathetic. He polfefled a mind which felt its ow" llrength, 

 and decided on whatever came before it with promptitude. 

 In thofe trials where aillidlion was to be fuffered or fubdued 

 he behaved as a man and a Chriftian. His piety had ni> 

 tinfture of morofenefs ; his charity no leaven of ollcntatiou. 

 The bilhop was author of fome fermons, preached on parti- 

 cular occalions, and of many poetical pieces, fome of which 

 have been frequently reprinted ; the titles of which will be- 

 found in the General Biography. 



LOWVILLE, in Geography, a poll-town of America, 

 in Oneida county, New York ; 550 miles from Waih- 

 ingtoii. 



LOWYA, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; ij miles 

 S.S.E. of Bettiah. N. lit. 26 ' 35'. E. long. 84 43'. 



LOXA, or lojA, called by Abulfeda Lufchah, an ir- 

 regularly built town of Spain, in the province of Grenada, 

 fituated partly on the declivity and partly at the foot of 3 

 hill near the Xenil, about five leagues VV. of Grenada, 

 and taken from the Moors in 1486. It contains three pa- 

 rifhes, four convents, four hofpitals, a bridge, and the ruins 

 of a ca^le ; together with a falt-work and a copper forge. 

 It is the chief town of a corregidorad ; the country about 

 it is pleafing, fertile, and full of olive tree?, gardens, or- 

 chards, fine fruit trees, and flowers. In the vicinity are 

 immenfe numbers of hares and rabbits. Near the town, to- 

 wards Grenada, are a fmall plain and a valley, both fown 

 with corn, flax, and hemp, and producing alfo a great 

 quantity of vegetables. N. lat. 37" i8'. W. long. 4 18'. 

 It contains about 8000 inhabitants. 



LoxA, or Ltija, a town of South America, the capital 

 of a jurifdiftion of the fame name, in the province of Quito, 

 founded in the year 154C, by captain Alonfo de Mercadillo, 

 and refembling in ex'ent, form, and buildings, the city of 

 Cuenga ; but the temperature of the air is confiderably 

 hotter. Befides two churches, Loja has feveral convents, 

 a nunnery, a college of Jefuits, and an hofpital. In its 

 diftrift are 14 villages, and within the territory of its jurif- 

 diftion is produced the famous fpecific for intermitting 

 fevers, well known by the name of Cafcarilla de Loja, or 

 Quinquina. (See CASC.i.uiLLA and Cinchona.) Thcjurif- 

 diftioii of Loja derives alio great advantage from breeding 

 the Cochineal; which fee. The inhabitants of Loja, known 

 over the whole province by the name of Lojanos, do not 

 exceed 10,000 fouls; though formerly, when the city was 

 in its greatell profperity, they were much more numerous. 

 Their charafter is much better than that of the inhabitants 

 of Cuenga ; and befides their affinity in culloms and difpofi-- 

 tion to thofe of the other villages, they cannot be reproached 

 ■with the charailer of being llotliful. In this jurifdittion 

 fuch numerous droves of horned cattle and mules are bred, 

 that it fupplics the others of, this province, and that of 

 Piura in Valles. The carpets alio manufadlured here are 

 of futh remarkable finencfs, that they find a ready fale 

 wherever they are fent. The corregidor of Loja is governor 

 of Yaguarfongo, and principal alcalde of the mines of 

 Zaruiiia ; but the pod of governor of Yaguai'fongo is at 

 prefent a mere title without any jurifditlion ; part of the 

 villages wbich formed it being loft by the revolt of the 

 Indians, and the others added to the government of J<ien ; 

 fo that the corregidor of Loja enjoys only thofe honours in- 

 tended to preferve the remembrance of that government. 

 The town of Zaruoia, in the jurifdiclion of which are mines 

 of gold, has prelented the corregidor of Loja with the title 



