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to his patron St. John, in return for a prefent of wine 
and tobacco, was the only additional produftion of his 
mufe; for he did not live to finifh a poem which he had 
meditated on the fubjeft of the “ Laft Day.” He was 
carried off by a pulmonary diforder at his mother’s houfe 
in Hereford, in February 1708, in his 32d year, to the 
great regret of his friends, to whom he was endeared by 
the modefty, kindnefs, and blameieffnefs, of his character. 
Befides a tablet with a Latin inscription, in Hereford ca¬ 
thedral, where he was buried, he was honoured with a mo¬ 
nument in Weftminfter-ahbey, erefted by lord-chancellor 
Harcourt, with a long and claffical epitaph in Latin 
compofed by Atterbury. His friend Edmund Smith, 
author of Phaedra and Hippolytus, alfo wrote an elegant 
copy of verfes to his memory. The “ Splendid Shilling” 
and the “ Cyder” of Philips are ft ill read with pleafure. 
In both, the Miltonic verfe and diftion are imitated ; in 
the firft, for a comic effect, by contrafting the Solemnity 
of the ftyle with the humorous levity of the Subject; in 
the fepond, for the purpcfe of elevating a, topic taken 
from common life. And Dr. Johnfon adds, “ To the 
poem on Cyder, written in imitation of the Georgies, 
may be given this peculiar praife, that it is grounded in 
truth ; that the precepts which it contains are exaft and 
juft ; and that it is therefore at once a book of entertain¬ 
ment and of Science. This I was told by Miller, the great 
gardener and botaniff, whole expreffion was, that “ there 
were many books written on the f.tne fubjeft in profe, 
which do not contain fo much truth as that poem.” 
PHILLIPS (R.) This writer’s name is mentioned by 
Coxeter, as author of a Series of poetical dories, printed 
in <j.to. 1683, under the title of “ The Victory of Cupid 
o\er the Gods and Goddelfes;” and of one tragedy enti¬ 
tled Fatal Inconftancy, 4to. 1701. 
PHIL'IPS (William). Whether this gentleman was a 
natiye of Ireland or not, is not ascertained; but Jacob 
has informed us, that he was educated in that kingdom, 
and that he wrote, 1. The Revengeful Queen, a tragedy, 
4*0. 1698. Mears aferibes to him another tragedy, 2. 
Alcamenes and Menelippa. 
The compiler of Whincop’s Catalogue afterwards gives 
us the name of another gentleman, wdiom he ftyles 
Captain William Philips, which gentleman, heinforms 
us, was the author of, 3. Hibernia freed, a tragedy, 1722. 
4. St. Stephen’s Green, a comedy. 5. Belifarius, a tra¬ 
gedy; 8vo. 1724. 
As we have reafon to believe the author of the firfl 
piece to have been an Irifhman, and that the Second and 
third have an apparent reference to that country, it ap¬ 
pears probable that thefe authors are one and the fame 
perfon. The only objection to that opinion is, the dis¬ 
tance of time between 1698, the date of the firfl play, and 
1722, which is that affixed to the earliefl of the other. But, 
as we find a difference only in the title of the gentleman 
at the Several periods, it is not at all improbable that the 
Revengeful Queen might have been written before the 
author had taken on himfeif the military profeffion, the 
employment of which might put a Stop to that attach¬ 
ment to the niuSes, which afterwards, in times of peace 
and recefs from martial bufinefs, he could not avoid in¬ 
dulging himfeif by returning to. This author died Dec. 
12, 1734. 
PHIL'IPS (John). This name is put to the three fol¬ 
lowing farces, none of which was ever added. The firfl 
two of them, however, are written entirely on party- 
fubjefts, and at a time when every aft of zeal Shown for the 
interefl of the houfe of Hanover met with a generous re¬ 
turn. Mr. Chetwood has informed us, that the author 
received a handfome prefent from the government in con¬ 
sideration of them. The compiler of Whincop’s Cata¬ 
logue Seems to furmife, that this name of Philips was not 
a real, but only an affiliated, one; and Ctirll, in an adver¬ 
tisement to the play of The Maid’s the Miftrefs, aferibes 
them to Dr. Sewell. But on wdiat ground this fuppofition 
and affertion are built, does not appear, nor can a reafon 
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eafily be Suggefled, why an author, who only wrote in fa¬ 
vour of the fucceSsful party, Should be afraid or afliamed 
of as openly declaring his name as his opinions. But 
perhaps, at the time he wrote, he did not know which 
would be the fucceSsful party. 
Be this as it may, the titles of the pieces, published 
under his name, are as follow: 1. Earl of Mar marr’d, 
8vo. 1715, 1716. 2. Pretender’s Flight, 8vo. 1716, 3. 
Inquifition, 8vo. 1717. 
PHIL'IPS (Thomas). This author produced two 
dramas, entitled, 1. Love and Glory, a mafque; 1734. 
2. The Rival Captains, a ballad opera; 1736. He died 
March 8, 1739. 
PHIL'IPS (Edward). Of this gentleman we can trace 
nothing further than his name; that he was of Cam¬ 
bridge; and that he produced five little dramatic pieces, 
entitled, 1. The Chambermaid, 8vo. 1730. 2. The 
Mock Lawyer, 1733 3. The Livery Rake and Country 
Lafs, 1733. 4. The Royal Chace, or Merlin’s Cive, 1736. 
5. Britons Strike home, or the Sailor’s Rehearfal, 1739. 
For the five laft of the articles Philips, we are entirely 
indebted to the Biographia Dranw.tica. 
PHIL'IPSBURG, a town and fortrefs of the grand du¬ 
chy of Baden, near the Rhine. It was formerly called 
Udenheim; but, being purchafed by the bifhop, it was fur- 
rounded with walls, and fortified. Proteftants and Ro¬ 
man Catholics enjoy a free exercife of their religion : five 
miles fouth fouth-eaft of Spire, and fifteen eall of Landau. 
PHIL'IPSBURG, a town of New York: twenty-five 
miles north cf New York. 
PHIL'IPSBURG, a town of New Jerfey^on the De¬ 
laware : thirty-five miles W'eft of Morriftown. 
PHIL'IPSBURG, a town of York-county, in Maine; 
wdth 1427 inhabitants. 
PHIL'IPSTADT, a town of Sweden, in the province 
of Warmeland, Surrounded with lakes and mountains. 
It was built by, and had its charter of privileges from, 
Charles IX. who called it after the name of his fon Charles- 
Philip. When this town was confumed by fire, in 1694, 
its privileges were revoked, and the inhabitants included 
under the jurifdiftion of the provincial court. But, in 
1720, it obtained the privileges of a trading-place ; and a 
jufticiary, with an afiiftant, was alfo appointed to'prefide 
in the court of judicature that was erefted here. In the 
year 1775 it was again confumed by fire, but has been 
Since rebuilt. It is thirty miles norrh-eaft of Carlftadt. 
Lat. 59.40. N. Ion. 13. 27. E. 
PHIL'IPSTAL. See Creutzburg. 
PHIL'IPSTOWN. See Killadery, vol. xi. 
PHILIS'TzEA, in ancient geography, the country of 
the Philistines ; which lay along the Mediterranean, 
from Joppa to the boundary of Egypt, and extending to 
inland places not far from the coaft. Palajlini, the peo¬ 
ple; ' Palceftina, the country (Jofeplnis) ; which after¬ 
wards was applied to the whole of the Holy Land and its 
inhabitants. See the article Palestine, vol. xviii. 
The Philistines were the ancient inhabitants of Pa- 
leftine, well known in facred hiftory. Thefe people are 
fometimes called in Scripture Cherethites and Caphtorims . 
The earlier part of their hiftory is, like that of moft other 
nations, very obfeure and uncertain. The authors of the 
Univerfal Hiftory tell us, that they were defcended partly 
from the Cafluhim, and partly from the Caphtorim, both 
from the loins of Mizraim, the fon of Ham, the fon of 
Noah. Mofes tells 11s (Dent. ii. 23.) that they drove out 
the Avims even to Azzah, where they fettled ; but when 
this happened cannot be determined. On the whole, 
however, our learned authors are clearly of opinion, that 
the Cafluhim and Caphtorim, from whom the Philiftines 
are defcended, came originally from Egypt, and called the 
country which they had conquered by their own name. 
Many interpreters, however, think, that Caphtor was but 
another name for Cappadocia , which they imagine to have 
been the original country of the Philiftines. But Calmer, 
in a particular differtation prefixed to the Firfl Book of 
B b Samuel, 
