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imagery, or boldness of metaphor. The 
elegant variety, the grand yet harmo- 
Nious expression, the frequent prosopo- 
poeias of Homer, are not to be found 1 
the poems of the Ascrean Bard ; but the 
facility of his manner, and the softness of 
his colouring, have always rendered him 
a favourite ainong the admirers of simpli- 
eity andnature. Of all the Greek poets, 
he is the maest familiar to be read, and 
he is, in some dégree, necessary to the 
understanding of the rest. The names 
of the deities, the ceremonies of their 
worship, and the peculiar attributes of 
each; in a word, all the wonders of that 
mythological system which has so much 
assisted. the imagination,» and enriched 
the productions of subsequent poets, are 
‘derived from this source. The precepts 
interspersed throughout his ‘poems, are 
always strictly moral and virtuous. That 
knowledge of life which we admire in 
Homer, 1s equally conspicuous in Hesiod, 
though differently improved, and dilffer- 
ently applied. Virgil, whose own com- 
positions sufficiently demonstrate how 
well he ceuld judge of others, frequently 
mentions him, and always with honour 
and veneration. He proposed him as his 
model m-a great part of the, Georgics, 
and appears to have principally endca- 
voured to imitate, in his own language, 
the beauties he had admired in Hesiod. 
~~ Hos tibi dant Calamos, en accive, 
Muse, 
Ascrzo quos ante Seni: quibus ille solebat 
Cantando rigidas deducere montibus ornos. 
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: Hesiod, Robinson, 4to. Oxf. 1737. This 
is an excellent edition, with a well written 
Dissertation on Hesiod, and wants nothing 
but the Greek Scholia to make it perfect. 
Hesiod, Krebsii, 8vo. Lips. 1746. 
Hesiod, Gr. et Lat. by Loesner, vo. Lips. 
4778. Thisis the best edit. as it contains, 
besides the Prolegomena of Heinsius, Greevius, 
and Robinson, the notes of former editors, 
some inedited Scholia, various readings, and 
» the observations of Rhunkenius. 
SLL a 
ke Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Schol. 4to. 
AV me te present your readers 
statistical observations *on 
extracts of a letter written 
early if the last century, by a Portu- 
puese secretary of state to his son; an 
abridgment of which, is anuexed te 
Mr. Robert Southey’s Letters, written 
during a short Residence in Spain and 
Portugal, p. 403, 
‘© Our king holds his crown by a ver 
precarious tenure. The conquest of Por- 
tugal is but the work of one campaign for 
Spain. But the best possible plan would be, 
that the king sliould remove to Brazil, and 
fix his court at the City of Rio de Janeiro. 
The soil is rich, the climate celightful, 
and the city would soon become more’ flou- 
rishing than Liston. There be might ex- 
tend his comunerce, make discoveries in 
the interior, and take the title of Empe- 
rorofthe West. _. 
‘* But you ask me what is to become 
of Portugai?=_W hat is Portugal ? it isa corner 
of land divided into three parts; the one 
barren, one belonging to the cnurch, and 
the remaining part not even producing grain’ 
enough tor the inhabitants. 
Look now at 
Brazil, and see what is wanting: Salt may 
be iound at Pernambuco, the country will 
produce wine, and ol may be made from 
the whale fshery. 
‘s if America is ia want of some things 
which furope produces, Kurope wants more 
of the productions of America. Whatever 
America is in need of, industry can there 
Supply 5 but itis mot thus ip burcpe. ‘Phe 
Divine Providence permits these mutual 
. Wants in the two henuspheres, thac all na- 
tions May communicate one with the other, 
aad terra an universal republic. 
“¢ In contemplating this plan we should 
remembcr how wideiy the gospel might be 
extended, when there would be so many 
more lavovrers In the Lord’s vineyard. £ 
say the Lords, for the Tapayes of Brazil are 
as much his creatures as the Europeans, 
though they have for so many ages dwelt 
in the darkness of idolatry. 
«* Thus should Brazil become the port of 
the world. WVhe Europeans would come 
there tor gold and silver, and jewels, and 
whatever productions might be raised; nor 
when the ports were open to them, would 
they ever think of conquering the country, 
You say that Portugal must. then be go- 
verned by a viceroy, that he would be less 
careful of the state, that the nebility would 
be less willing to serve under him, aad that 
Portugal would thus be added te Spain. To 
this, I reply, let the powers of Europe gua- 
rantee Portugal to his majesty; this they 
will do for their own interests ; and, if 
Spain attacks Portugai, let ber expect re- 
prisals on the side ot Paraguay and the Rig 
de Plata. You will think me an oid dotard, 
but which is best, to live in security, or in 
constant fear? Portugal wants Brazil, but 
Brazil does not want Portugal. 
‘< Thus have I given you my sentiments. 
They may be deemed by some impracti- 
. Gable, 
