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1802.] 
The capitals of thefe columns are 
infcribed WITH HEBREW CHARACTERS, 
of a diftin& dark colour, as it were tanned, 
and of a material like that of the columns, 
called pierre fondue, which are brought 
from the rocks,’’ 
When was Hebrew writing ufed in 
Egypt? 
CALVIN’S OPINION OF THE ENGLISH 
CHURCH. 
Although the articles cf the church of 
England are very Calviniftical, yet Calvin 
did not like that church; for Grotius, in 
his Vote for Peace, tells us of Calvin: 
lam mutationem, que Buceri confilio in An- 
glia erat infituta, Papifini accufavit. 
WOOBURN THE PALLADIWM OF 
_ PROTESTANTISM. 
In Queen Mary’s days, (faysa prebend- 
ary of Exon) when the Pope folicited tie 
queen fora reftoration of church lands and 
dignities, it was: firft propofed to the ca- 
binet council; where the lord of Bedford 
being prefent, and knowing himfelf greatly 
concerned, fell into a great paflion, and, 
breaking his chaplet of beads from his gir- 
dle, flang them into the fire, {wearing ¢eep- 
ly, That he valued his feveet abbey of Woo- 
burn more than any fatherly couneil or com- 
mands that could come from Rome. Where- 
upon, the queen confidering of what tem- 
per others of the nobility might be, was 
difcouraged from profecuting that defign. 
ANECDOTES OF JOHN TAYLOR, from 
HIS WORKS, 1630. 
This author had the merit of interrupt- 
ing the fervile etiquette of knecling to the 
king. I myfelf, (fays the Water-poet), 
gave a book to king James once, inthe great 
chamber, at Whitehall, as His Majefty 
came from the chapel. The Duke of Rich- 
mond faid merrily tome: ** Taylor, where 
did you learn the manners to give the King 
a book and not kneel ?” *¢ My Lord, faid 
I, if it pleafe your grace, I doe give now ; 
but when I beg any thing, then I will 
kneele.”’ 
Myfelf, (fays the fame writer), carried 
an old fellow by water, that had wealth 
enough to be deputy of the ward, and wit 
enough for a fcavenger. The water being 
fomewhat rough, he was much afraid, and 
threatened me that if I did drown him, he 
would {pend a hundred pound but he would 
fee me hanged for it. In little {pace I land- 
ed him on the Bank fide. Well, ({aid he), 
Lam glad }am.off the water, for if the boat 
had overfet, I could have fwam no more 
than a goofe, 
Soon after twelve at noon, one aiked me 
what it waso’clock. I anfwered him: it 
was little or nothing. On his wondering 
Montuiy Mae, No. 93. 
From the Portfolio of a [dan of Letters. 
in the age of it. 
On” 
@ 126 
at my reply, I faid: That which is lefs than 
one, is little or nothing. 
An hoftefs of mine at Oxford roafted a 
fhoulder of a ram, which in the eating was 
as touzh asa buff jerkin. Tafked her, why 
the mutton was fo totgh. She faid: fhe 
knew not, unlefs the butcher deceived her 
Nay, quoth I, there is, 
I think, another.fault in it, which will ex-. 
cufe the butcher, for, perhaps, you roalted: 
it with old wood. In troth, replied the, 
that is likely enough, for my hufband buys 
nothing but old ftumps and knots, which 
make all the meat we roaft or boil fo ex- 
ceeding tough that nobody can eat it. 
Being afked who invented the game of 
bowis, he replied: No doubt, the philofo- 
pher Bias. Leet 
As a {pecimen of this writer’s poetrys 
take two anagrams, written during con- 
finement : ; 
I. ARRESTING very well with this agrees, 
It is A STINGER worfe than wafps or bees, 
The very word includes the prifoner’s fares 
Arretting briefly clapsthemupiN GRATES, 
Il. To all good verfes PRISONs are great 
foes. 
And many poets they keep faftIN PROSE: 
Again, the very word portends fmall hopes, 
For he that’s in a prifon is IN ROPES, 
Makes woeful purchafe of calamities, 
And finds in it no profit, or NO PRIZE: 
Filth, cold and hunger, dwell within the 
door, sh 
And thus a prifon truly doth NIP SORE. 
ABOUT CORNEILLE, CATULLUS, AND 
PARNELL. 
Hume’s Eflay on Simplicity and Refine-- 
ment, contains, no doubt, delicate obfer- 
vations and uleful warnings ; furely it alfo 
infinuates fome very peculiar, if not inde- 
fenhble, critical opinions. 
I. Corneille and Congreve, who carrys 
fays Hume, their wit and refinement fome- 
what further than Mr. Pope. Does Cor= 
neille carry bis wit or his refinement fur- 
ther than Pone, or even approach him in 
either? Has Pope a rival for {prightlinefs, 
for condenfation, for urbanity of “wit, in 
Horace, in Marti+l, in Boileau, or elfe- 
where? Has Corneille advanced any pre- 
tenfions to wit, even in his Menteur? As 
to refinement, the cnaracter of Corneille’s 
verfification is negligence, not neatnels ; 
his energy is equal to great occalions, but 
exertion is not habitual to him. In the 
grand nairation of Rodrigue, in the -Cid, 
Pope would not have allowed himfelf fuch 
a blunder as 
Combien d’exploits celebres 
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