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eall upon fovereigns to proteét the church ; 
and as nothing is more dangerous than to 
change received modes of governing; it 
will be ‘the only fafe way to follow the 
footfteps of holy pontiffs, who always 
terminated their undertakings fuccefs- 
fully. By fuch means, Innocent III. 
overthrowed the Albigenfes ; and fuc- 
ceeding popes extinowithed the Valdenfes, 
the Picards, the Arnaldifts, the Speronitfts, 
the Patavins, &c. fo that, at prefent, their 
names alone furvive.”” 
Adrian, if not convinced by thefe ar- 
guments, was foon fenfible of his own 
want of authority to execute his favourite 
plans, and lamented to his intimates the 
impotence which he felt in doing the 
good he wifhed. Death kindly releafed 
him frem the conteft, and his fucceflors 
were too good politicians to adopt his 
{cruples. Pallavicini, the apologift for 
Literary and Philojsphical Intelligence. 
[Aug }, 
the Council of Trent, dees not hefitate to 
approve the maxims of Soderini ; and has 
prefented his rule of government in the 
following terribly metaphorical fentence 5 — 
‘¢ The fire of rebellion is not to be ex- 
tincuifhed without either the froft of ter- 
ror, er the rain of blood.”” It is perfe@ly 
needlefs to point out parailelifms in modern 
fpeeches, memorials, addreffes,pamphlets, 
&c. to the fentiments above recorded. They 
muft be obvious to every reader. 
A PASSIONATE MAN. 
Fletcher, of Saltown, is well known to 
have poffeffed a moft irritable temper. 
His footman defired to be difmiffed. 
«© Why do ycu leave me?”’ faid he—‘ Be- 
eaufe, to fpeak the truth, I ,cannot bear 
yourtemper’—*To be fure, Tam paffionate, 
but my pafficn is no fooner on than it is 
off’ —* Yes, (replied the fervant) but then 
it is no fooner off, than it is on,” 
VARIETIES, 
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domeftic and Foreign. 
*,% Authentic Communications for this Article will aliyays be thankfully received. 
sae ae 
TR: GODWIN has in the prefs a 
Life of Chaucer, in two volumes, 
quarto, which will appear early in the 
enfuing winter. Every well-informed 
veader will be immediately aware of the 
extenfive nature, and deep intereft annexed 
to this fubje&. Chaucer. was the firlt 
writer deferving the name of a poet, who 
ventured to exprefs his conceptions in the 
Englifh language. His monument is the 
oldett ere&ed in the north-eaft corner of 
Weftminfer Abbey, and gave to that part 
of that venerable pile the name of Poet’s 
Corner. Chaucer may therefore be con- 
fidered as at once the founder of our lan- 
guage, and the father of our poetry. It 
will be a part of Mr. Gocwin’s fubjeét to 
treat of the origin of poetry in the dif- 
ferent countries of modern Europe. He 
purpofes, we are told, to delineate the 
ftate of England, fuch as Chaucer faw it, 
in every point of view under which it can 
be delineated. As Chaucer tock a very 
leading part, in his day, in the political, as 
well as in the literary, world, we may ex- 
pect, from the pen cf Mr..Godwin, many 
curious elucidations of the politics and 
hiftory of his times. Chaucer’s principal 
patron was John of Gaunt, and, whether 
trom accident or otherwife, the name of 
John of Gaunt has been very intimately 
connected with old Englifh manners and 
old Englifh honour. Every one will im- 
mediately perceive how many curious 
fources of information the fubje&t of thele 
volumes opens upon us, and how new they 
are to the difquifition of a curious and 
philofophical writer. Accordingly a very 
general and eager fpirit of inquiry has. 
been awakened by the knowledge of Mr.» 
Godwin’s being engaged in fuch a fubject. 
Tt is to be hoped, that it will havea ftrone 
tendency toturnthe current of public atten- 
tion towards a point fo interefting as that 
of the literature and manners of our re- 
moter anceftors. It will be an indelible 
difgrace to the literary men, and Iaborious 
colleétors of the preient day, if they do 
not fhew themfelves forward to open their 
mo hidden treafures to affift the invefti- 
gation of fo many i‘nportant and fingular 
topics as the progrefs of this work muft 
involve. 
The fir cargo of the Egyptian Anti- 
quities, taken from the French army at 
Alexandria, arrived a few day’s fince at 
the Britifh Mufeum. It confi?s of an 
immenfe ftone-bath, covered on the infide 
and outfide with hieroglyphics; of a 
mafly {icne-coffin, infcribed with hierogly- 
phics; of a prodigious hand in ftone, part 
of a ftatue, which muf have been one 
hundred and fifty feet in height ; of two- 
fine marble ftatues in Roman habits; and 
of 
