84 
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. The monthly fubfcriptions of each fin- 
gle benefited member, or widow, who 
: “af ra 
has aot received any relief from the tuna 
upon her lying-in, or the death of her 
hufband, ceafe at the attaimment of her - 
§8th year; and if, having received be=- 
nefit, fhe continues her fub{cription two 
years longer, ineither ot 
2 3 bp Pideyy ds CIE 
_Isentitled to receive annually (for lie) 
the fum of 4l.. by four equal quarterly 
thele caies,- ine 
payments ; but fuch member has no fur- ~ 
ther claim upon the fociety., 
Eyery member mui fubfcribe to the 
fund one year before ihe can receive any 
relief from the inftitution; nor are any 
admitted above the age of 45, of who do 
not at the time enjoy good ‘health. 
 Befides this inftitution (which bids fair 
to meliorate the aflictions attendant on 
poverty, without debafing the mind) at 
Wifbech, fome ladies have formed a fo- 
ciety for lending the neceflitous, in cafes 
of child-birth, fuitable linen during their 
confinement, which, after a fated time, 
is returned to the perfon under whole care 
it is placed. From this, much benefit has 
arifen, many being totally unable to pro- 
cure what was abfolutely requifite in fuch 
fituations. i 2 pre 
Wifbech, Feb. 17. 
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Milien’s Imitations of the Axcients. 
Mr. WakEEIELD. 
(CONCLUDED). 
The Angel ended, and in Adam’s ear 
So charming left his voice, that he a while 
Thought him ftill fpeaking, fill fecd fix’d 
to hear. Par. Loft, b. viil. ver. I. 
The immediate protetype of this ele- 
gant and pleafing paflage in Apollonius 
Rhodius has been pointed out, but that 
auth@r only enlarged on a thought, with 
which the father of poetry had fupplied 
him, in Odyff: xiii. 2. ; 
e > Ne 
"Qs sGah: of D age moves exny eyevovre 
CLD 
Pee: VD / 
Knantun G EFNOVTO HATHA UsEVElLOk CHICEVT He 
“And the turn of Pope’s verfion plainly 
fhews, that Milton was prefent to his 
mind; 
He'ceas’d; but efi fe pleafiag on their ear 
Ei:s weice, that lift ning frill they jeem’d to hear, 
A paufe of filence hufh’d the fhady rooms. 
Plato toc, in the beginning.of His. Me- 
nexenus has borrowed this beauty frem 
Homer. oa a nf 
Speaking, cromute, alk comelinefs and grace 
ttends shee, and each word, each motion 
forms: Ver. 222. 
An elegant, but, J think, unequal imi- 
Pe 
Bets de Eov pO Oy pAbes 
Milton’s Imitations of the, Ancients, by Mr. Wakefield: 
lution of a well known» diftich in: Tibuls, 
lus, Wile. 7p Tea) See eg tee 
Ilam, quicquid agit, quoguo veftigia vertity — 
Componit furtim fubfequiturgue decor. --- 


—— Whom they fougat, I ams. 
eee Ru Bats Se. ao 
——— Coram, guem quaritis, adfums. 
Troius 4Eneas: Virgil, 7a. i. 595. 
Canft raife thy creature to what heighth thou 
= walt ; 2 
Of union or communion : ver. 430. 
(nee eee 

Prefens vel ima tollere de gradu , 
Mortale corpus: Hor. od. i. 35. 2 
———_——--———-allheaven 
And happy conftellations on that hour 
Shed their fleet influence ; the earth 
Gave figa of-gratulation, and each “hill; 
Vers Gx: ee 
———prima et Tellus et pronuba Juno 
Dant fignum: fulfere ignes et confcius ther 
Connubiis, fummoque ulularunt verticeNym-= 
phe. Virg. Ain. iv. 166. 
ee ne in all enjoyments elfe ~ 
Superior and unmov’d; here only, weak 
Againft the charm of beauty’s pow’rfu 
glance: ver. §31.- st 
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This exquifite ftroke of ingenuous nature 
feems dilated from Sophocles, Trachin, 
4.38. : ‘ 
‘Qs THAR exetyG@s aE aplorevay Eco ‘a 
Te rgd egut Os eg amavd noowy EDy. 
And exaély in the fame fentiment Phi- 
loftratus, vit. Apoll Ty. iv, 25. ~ 
ev ceAany DiragoOsay EG CUT Os, 
Twy OF ECUTINWY. NTTNTO.- 

—— What fhe wills to do, or fay, 
Seems wifeft, virtuoufeft, difcreeteft, bef: - 
_So Polybius, Hilt. i. 14. *Aoxest de 
1295 oremrovbevant Tt TAeAMrncvov Tors sours 
chee oop 57y aigeow HOLS THY OAnY EDVOLCEY, Drs 
LEY TAYE OOLLTW Ob napondovios eT paery~ 
Bors Cpoviu.wis, xoerwe, avapuduc, of ds Pacts 
wovatia: Oa ba Oo, TemeAy TET WY. 
More grateful than harmonious found to th’ 
ear: ver. 660, 
- — que Carmine gratior aurem 
Occupat humatiam: Hor. fats ii. 2. 93. ~ 

So faying, he arofe: whom Adam thus 
Follow’d with benedidtion: ver. 644. 
Dixit, et in celum paribus fe fuftalit alis.—= 
Agnovit juvenis, duplicefquead fidera palmas 
Suitulit, et tali fugientem eft wore. fecutus ; 
Virg. #in. ix 14. : 
~ 
So parted they, the Angel up to heaven 
From the thick fhade, and Adam to his 
"- bower: ver. 652. _ 
Tw y ws Rersuoaric erpouyer 1 men emrerray 
Eis ada arto Babsiay am aiyaneyr@s 
OAvyra, Sa Sir ae ee 
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