186 Apothesfis of Milton not Folafon’s..x1ér. Stone's Benefadtions. - 
Long Mland, within, a . few miles of the 
capital, a Coaily can live comfortably 
with a moderate income. 
_ ‘The claffes of emigrants mott likely to 
profper in America, are the induftrious, 
fober mechanic—the laborious farmer— 
and the active trader; not the literary 
man—the lounging idler—or the fine 
gentleman. 
uceary, wifhing a long continuance 
-of the inyaluable bleffings of peace and 
civil tranquillity to United America, I 
conclude, Mr. Editor, with fubfcribing 
miylelf, your hu inp leteiant 
J+ Ss DE CAMPOLIDE. 
"London, Feb. 1798. 
ee ee 
Lo the Editor of the Monthly Maganine. 
SIR, 
N your Magazine for - Januar lat, is 
AL a criticifm.on the ‘* Apotheofis of Mil- 
ton,” 
written by Dr. johnion, It i is, indeed, 
printed in one of the latter of thofe yo- 
lumes, which have been publithed as the 
works of Dr. Jonnion; but, from the in- 
ternal evidence, I never believed it to be 
the produégtion of Johnfen; arid. Mr. 
Bofwell’s life of him contains faficient 
evidence that it was not written by him, 
Bofweil lays, “< It has been ,etrone- 
oully fun ppoled, that an: Effay publithed 
- inthe “Gentleman's Magazine for 1749, 
was written by Johnion; and, on that 
fupy ohition, fe, tes been improperly in- 
ferted in the edition of his works by the 
bookfeilers, after his. deceafe. WW ere 
there no poktive. teflimony as to. this 
point, the flyle of the performance, and 
the name of Shakefpeare not. being men 
tioned in an etlay, “profelfedly reviewing 
the principal Englifh posts, would afcers 
tain it not to be | the production of John- 
fon. But there is here no occaiion to re- 
fort to internal evide lord 
bithop of. Salifbury (Dr, DouGtas) has 
affured me, that it was written by Guth- 
rie.» 
Among the mjurious attacks acaint 
Milton, et be numbered the parallel 
between’ Milton and Chatterton, pub- 
difhed in ue lite of the latter, in order 
to aggrandize Chatterton. Milton, in 
that parallel, is treated with the mott 
giols and Gomera; injuitice. 
March:135 17-98: 
~ 7 ee 
> ey ye f =f ; 
Lo the Lattor of the Monthly | lag axenes 
Si Sines 
. Wroie a letter fome, time a0, re: 
eertcipondents woulduinformme; through 
nea: 
CNnee) 5 
H.S. 
quelting thiut one of your-nunereus: 
which is fpoken of as undoubtedly 
‘they. live, vis: t the 
the channel of your Magazine, whethe#iy 
there were not focieties in Londga,., os... 
other places, for the purpofe of beltowing. 
annual fums. of money upon Sas ia 
poftefied of benefices of imail valu y and, 
alfo, of the manner in which to, proceed 
for obtaining ‘uch donations. Since. my 
fending that letter, which, either from 
your judgine it not fuitable for your 
work, or trom its. being by tome accident, 
loft, was nevér inferted; I have found 
that fomething of this nature is given an- 
nually by a Mr. Stone, but upon what 
conditions I know not. Lhave, therefore, 
to defire you will favour me fo, faras te. 
give this a place in fome future number, 
andas early as poffible, provided it be not 
contrary to the original defign of your 
repofitory ; and, likewife, that fome of» 
your readers will communicate what in- 
formation they cam upon the fubje&. - 
When if is confidered that there are 
livings under twenty pounds per annum, — 
much blame muft attach to the Gover-_ 
nors of queen Anne’s bounty; and efpe- 
cially if it be ‘true, as has been afferted, 
that they might have augmented every 
living in the kingdom to the yearly value 
of one hundred pounds. 
I would offer it to the confideration of 
your correfpondent B. G.* whether Bi- 
fhop Pearfon has not given a more per- 
fe€t and complete illuftration of “* the . 
communion of faints,” than that of 
Archbifhop Secker. - After explaining 
thefe words feverally, the Bithop thus 
concludes: ** T am halt perfuaded of 
this, as of a neceflary and infallible 
truth, that fuch nerfons as. are truly 
fangtifed in Chriit, while they live among 
the crooked generations of men; and 
itrugele with all the miferies: of this 
world, have fellowship with God the Fa- 
ther, God the Son, and God the Holy 
Ghof, as dwelling with them, and taking 
up their habitations in them: that’ they 
partake ci the care and kindnefs of ‘the 
bleffed angels, who take delight in the: 
miniftration for their benefit : that,befides 
the. external fe llowfhip which they have 
in the word and facraments with all the 
members of the church, they have an- 
intimate union and conjunétion with ail 
the Jaints.on earth, as the diving members: 
of Chrift ; nor is s this union feparated by 
the death cf .any, but as Chri, in whem: 
lamb. dlaim-trom “the 
foundation of the world, fo have’ the 
feliow fhip with all the faints; which, frem 
the death of Abel, have ever depart ted in 
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