Be oe  Routs and Scientific Music. [June 1, / 
this celebrated river, by the elegant cor- of that turpe nefus inthe criminal code of 
rect and classical Gray: which I beg to schoolmastet's, a false quantity. 
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offer in confirmation of T. W’s argu- ._ ~~ Your’s, &. ParboTROPHOS. 
ment. > é Birmingham, April 6, 1808. ~ 
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NSE MICA ara SL To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
spread i , ) 
Where Nile, redundant o’er Ais summesbed, &IR, : 
¥ nas b a bickee life and verdure flings, Depiecate the practice of crowding 
rom Bis bro rooms to that excess, now so much in - 
And broods o’er. AZgypt, with dis watery ; SS, TK 
vogue among people of fashion. IL was, a 
mine ’ ‘ 
eairinrak a apie ah oar and ready sail | few evenings past, at an entertainment 
‘The dusky people drive before the gale 5 given by Lady Katile, of ——— square. 
Or on frail floats to neighbouring cities ride, The invitation was for three weeks stand- 
That rise and glitter o’er the ambient tide. ing, and tor nine-o’clock an the evening. 
Mason's Gray, 199. Having another visit to make, I did not 
Your's, &c. : arrive at her ladyship’s till near eleven 
Worcester, TREBOR. o0’clock,.when to my great mortification, 
April 4, 1808. I could not get aseat, or scarcely find en- 
” trance room, which was only obtained by 
; the servant announcing me as a female. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. jy, ;. true the constant pirat of company 
STR, \ } varies the scene; and were it not for the 
NE of your Correspondents having pyumberless faineans, and silent groups, 
started a doubt respecting the me- which are perpetually met with at those 
trical accuracy of Ainsworth, in Into= thins called routs, 1 should haveno ob- 
ducing the word Amramides into the jection to frequenting them oftener, as 
second penthemimer of pentameter verse, they are the only means that people have 
T venture to assert that ourgreatlexicogra-~ of seeing their friends. Mor what with 
pher has not in this instance ofended being refused admittance inghe morning, 
against the law of quantity. Mr. Wesley,on and being stifled, with a crowded and ~ 
the sole authority ofthe GradusadParnas- heated room in the evening, there is now 
“sum, considers the antepenultima of Am- — yo rational mode of intercourse left. A 
ramides as along syllable. But the Gra-  Jittle dancing 1s conducive to health, and © 
dus is so notorious for its accuracy, with acreeable to young people. This amuse- 
respect to the marking of long and short ment [ am not averse to, if conducted 
syllables, that it cab only be taken tor a witb decorum and ample space. lett to 
sate guide when the marked quantity of a the dancers for a free circulation of air, 
wortl is proved to be correct by the un- Music is now the rage, and so full are the 
nexed quotation from some classic poct. rooms at evening parties, that no one 
In the present case, as no such proof can can approach-the piano ;, or if a delicate 
be adduced ; and as the word Amramides female attempts to sit down and amuse 
is not to be found in the Catholic Indices, the company, she soon finds beoeae ne 
we must be satisfied with the best cri- much,pressed upon by the surrounding 
terion which can be had. And no scho- crowd, that she is glad to leave her po- 
lar will hesitate to allowa high authority sition and make her way to one of the, 
in a question to prosody, to the cele- drawing-room doors for air. 
brated Arthur Johnston, who -in_ his te ‘Then, a scientific mede of playing is so 
sion of the 103d psalm, makes short-the much taiked of, that the dread of being 
aniepenultima oi Amramides, criticised, prevcuts many a good perfor- 
mer from) shewing her powers on the - 
piano-forte, harp, &c. , Now until har- 
mony can be substituted fer scuentufic dis- 
~ “T quote the latter, pentamieter Hine cord,and modesty for boldnéss, Lf fearave. 
for the sake of elucidating the point, shall see no-aniendment inthe, society of 
by analogy. ‘Tlfe patrenyimic Avaramsdes, the bean-rende. I hope, Mr, Editor, some 
is derived from Arran, in like manner of yourlearned contritutors,will/soon pro-, 
as Abyainides, is furmed from Abram. pose another plan ,of. visiting, and) that 
The suort antepenultuma of the latter all these new. dnstitutions, will .tend,to 
word being established, apd anquesuon- impreve the human mind so,much, that) 
able, it follows by a fair deduction that. individuals may bear wath each ethers so- 
the aux penultima of Amranndes, is short, ciety, without ihe concomitant of a large, 
also, and that the good old Ainsworth, party. Your's,’ &e. faye. Ag 
hiusaseli a schoolimaster, must be absolved Bloomsbury, Aprii 11, 1808. 
| LANARKSHIRE, 
Credidit Amramide leges Deus arbiter equi, 
Abramidim populo facta notanda dedtt. 
