1796+] 
he names the pernicious, he mentions the 
effects of a new and very fimple remedy, 
the flowers and feeds of the Lefer Nettle. 
He gave them in fubftance, mfufed in 
wine, intertians, quartans, and the per- 
nicious fever, with the fame precautions, 
and in the fame manner, as the Peruvian 
bark.- This remedy proves confiderably 
heating, and, in an over-dofe, is apt to 
produce a kind of lethargic fleep. The 
extreme dofe that he recommends is 
a drachm, two or three times in the 
twenty-four hours. It feems to be parti- 
cularly ufeful in raifing the patient from 
that ftate of langour and debility which 
is charaéteriftic of the pernicious fever ; 
for which purpofe, as well as for procu- 
ring an intermiffion, he has found 1: much 
preferable to the bark. He alfo recom- 
mends a flight infufion of it in wine, as 
an excellent prefervative from the dif- 
eafes of marfhy and unwholefome fitua- 
$i0ns. Your’s, 
Dec.'6; 796: OBSERVATOR. 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, } 
N reply to the enquirer, concerning 
- Collins (vol. ii. p. 781) the following 
lift uf his works may be inferted : 
Prieftcraft in Perfeétion. 
Reflections on ditto. 
Hiftorical and Critical Effay of the 
Thirty-nine Articles. 
Difcourfe on Freethinking. ' 
Effay concerning the Ufe of Reafon 
in Propofitions depending on Hu- 
raan ‘Teftimony. 
Philofophical Inquiry concerning Hu- 
man Liberty. 
Grounds and Reafons of the Chriftian 
Religion : to’ which is prefixed an 
Apology for Free Debate. 
Scheme of Literal Prophecy 
fidered. 
‘Letter to Dodwell, and Three Letters 
to Clarke—reprinted together. 
Letter to Rogers, and Letter printed 
in the London Journal. 
Letter to the Archbifhop cf Dublin, 
in Vindication of the Divine At- 
tributes. 
I fafpeét that fome other controverfial 
pamphlets are in being; but that the 
Difcourfe on the Miracles has neven feen 
the light. It is certainly due to the rea- 
fon and to the learning of Collins, to 
to print one complete edition of his works, 
with his life prefixed ; but the Englith 
nation is careful only of the reputation of 
con~- 
Writings of Collins. . Latin Phrafes. 
849 
its priefts, and defpifes that of its phile- 
fophers, 
Nov. 9, 1796. 
a 
Io the Editor of the Monthly Magazines 
SER, 
[T* is a practice with me to read over as 
much of your entertaining and inftruc- 
tive Mifcellany as appears to me fuited te 
the capacities of my wife and daughters. 
We are a domeftic family, and the firft 
evening of the month is conftantly taken 
wp with reading, on my part, and work- 
ing on the part of the women. [I tkip 
over, as you may imagine, all the hard 
words, but they will fometimes intrude 
themfelves, and every one has a right to 
interrupt me for an explanation. I was 
thus a long time before I could get 
through fome excellent Remarkson Con- 
verfation in your laft Magazine; and the 
next evening was furprifed by a piece of 
paper, which my youngeft daughter put 
into my hands, with this addrefs : «* Papa, 
IT with you would tell the gentlemen 
who are fo capable of amufing and in- 
firucting us, that Englith is juft as good 
as Latin, and that a ftory will lofe no. 
thing by being underftood by us girls. 
As‘you explained the hard words to us 
laft night, 1 took it into my head to look 
out for plain Englifh, and now, prav tell 
me, whether they will fuit the purpofe?’’ 
I took the paper, and found the haré 
names, with the Englifh, written down 
in two columns, thus : 
Uxorius, - -  Fendlewife. 
Paternus, = - Lovechild. 
Morofus, - -  Sourface. 
uidnunc, - -  Lovenews 
Hypochondriacus, Old Hypo. 
J was fo much pleafed with the thought, , 
that I teld my girl, we would fend the 
hint to the Magazine ; for it certainly 
would fave me much trouble, if the wri- 
ters in it hada greater affection for their 
own language, which, upon examination, 
will be found capable of affording terms 
for almoft every purpofe. If you do, 
fays the, pray afk, whether it is proper to 
fay, * there ave @ variety’ of things,’” 
for I don’t like the expreffion. I thould 
fay, “¢ there is a variety.” 
Now, fir, you may do what you pleafe 
with my letter, but do not afcribe pert- 
nefs to my daughter ; for fhe, as well as 
her fitters, is accuftomed to fpeak her 
mind to me without referve, and though 
her thoughts may appear ftrange, they 
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