ADVERTISEMENT. Vll 



' Fate freely acting, and unerring Chance. 



' Where meanless matter to a chaos sinks 



' Or something lower stilly for without thee 



' It crumbles into atoms void of force, 



e Void of resistance — it eludes our thought. 



' Where laws eternal to the varying code 



' Of self-love dwindle. Interest, passion, whim 



' Take place of right and wrong, the golden chain 



' Of beings melts away, and the mind's eye 



' Sees nothing but the present. All beyond 



f Is visionary guess — is dream — is death.' 



# * # The Editor takes this opportunity of re- 

 peating his obligations to the reverend Hugh 

 Davies for the vast additions made to this vo- 

 lume ; his valuable communications are distin- 

 guished by an asterisk: the Editor,, in this, as 

 in the preceding volumes, is answerable for 

 those parts included in a crotchet. Ed. 



On examining the complete copy of this new Edition, which has 

 been sent to him previous to its publication, the Editor is extremely 

 sorry to find, that owing to his not having seen impressions of the 

 Plates to the fourth Volume, (and a few of the third,) after the in- 

 scriptions and references had been engraved upon them, a number of 

 mistakes have been committed. The correction of these, by refer- 

 ence to the description, in the text, or the List of Plates prefixed to 

 the Volume, is a matter of great ease ; but to save trouble to the 

 reader, a list of them will be found at the end of this Volume. 

 October, 1812. 



