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this Letter . We much doubt if a y > wper , containing no facts or seasonings , that h : id not appeared before , would have been offered to the public by Mr . Burke himself . , _ . i tr The second Letter is addressed to a friend on a speech made in the House of Lords by the Duke of -Norfolk , in the debate concerning Lord Pitzwiiiiam . The speech of his Grace had attacked the conduct of Burke ; In the answer Burke displays very great humour against his opponents , and most vindication of his conduct respecting
enters into a eloquent own the French revolution ; protesting that his object was the preservation ot that religion , virtue , and happiness , which the French system was using every effort to destroy . He declares ( and here even his enemies will admit his sincerity ) that it was very much contrary to his wishes that _ members of the confederacy had abandoned it , and connected themselves with the regicidesSpeaking of the King of Prussiahe proceeds in the following strain -.
. , ' How can I belt , it , if this hig h-minded Prince will subscribe to the invectives which the ' regicides have made against all Kings , and particularly against himself ? How can I help it , if this royal propagandist will preach the doctrine of the Rig hts of- Men . Is it my fault , if his professors read lectures on that code in all his academies ? Am I responsible , if he . will initiate all his grenadiers and all his hussars in these high mysteries ?'
In discussing the King of Prussia's conduct , Burke dwells much less on his breach of faith to others , than on his abandonment of the combination necessary for his own existence as a King . Prefixed to this publication is a preface bv the editors , which informs us that they have many materials for a life of Mr . Burke . Whatever materials they mav have , they in this preface do not discover a very comprehensive view of the mind of Burke . The preface is chief !) devoted to the defence his hold
of his POLITICAL CONSISTENCY , which is by no means strong . We cannot bestow much praise on the judgment of advocates who lay the principal stress on that part of the cause which can so easily , by a comparison of his opinions at different times , be proved to be the weakest . The editors seem to have adopted , to the fullest extent , the sentiments of Burke respecting the French Revolution . His opinion , so often repeated , that we ought never in any circumstances to make peace with the French Government , is more fitting for the Dido of his favourite Virgil , in the phrensy ot passion imprecating perpetual hostilities between her countrymen and those of her faithless lover , than of a wise statesman soberly advising what may
be most beneficial to his country . The genius , the general wisdom , and the knowledge of Edmund Burke make his publications delig htful and even instructive , notwithstanding that particular extravagance . The extravagance alone , however , without that genius , wisdom , and knowledge , is merely absurd and ridiculous . Most of our readers have probably perused one of Smollet ' s novels , entitled Sir Launcelot Greaves . Greaves , they vvjll recollect , a gentleman of talentslearningand lishmentsisseized with a
rogreat , , accomp , _ mantic desire of restoring the " age of chivalry . His . abilities , virtues , and accomplishments make us respect his character , though we regret his eccentricities , and laugh at his arming lii . nself , in days oi ' civilized society , in the old armour of the feudal costume . " Honest Captain Crowe , seized _ with admiration of Greaves , takes it into his head to irritate the example of the knight , and arms himself with a brazen pot-lid . Tims accoutred , he pursues the same road with the Errantfancies he is treading the paths of chivalrya"d
, , _ copying the character of the accomplished Greaves , But being a very indifferent horseman , and in . other respects totally unqualified for a Chevalier , he exposes himself to-much ridicule . He has all the fury of nis model , ' without bisjire .
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Review Of New Publications.
this Letter . We much doubt if a y > wper , containing no facts or seasonings , that h : id not appeared before , would have been offered to the public by Mr . Burke himself . , _ . i tr The second Letter is addressed to a friend on a speech made in the House of Lords by the Duke of -Norfolk , in the debate concerning Lord Pitzwiiiiam . The speech of his Grace had attacked the conduct of Burke ; In the answer Burke displays very great humour against his opponents , and most vindication of his conduct respecting
enters into a eloquent own the French revolution ; protesting that his object was the preservation ot that religion , virtue , and happiness , which the French system was using every effort to destroy . He declares ( and here even his enemies will admit his sincerity ) that it was very much contrary to his wishes that _ members of the confederacy had abandoned it , and connected themselves with the regicidesSpeaking of the King of Prussiahe proceeds in the following strain -.
. , ' How can I belt , it , if this hig h-minded Prince will subscribe to the invectives which the ' regicides have made against all Kings , and particularly against himself ? How can I help it , if this royal propagandist will preach the doctrine of the Rig hts of- Men . Is it my fault , if his professors read lectures on that code in all his academies ? Am I responsible , if he . will initiate all his grenadiers and all his hussars in these high mysteries ?'
In discussing the King of Prussia's conduct , Burke dwells much less on his breach of faith to others , than on his abandonment of the combination necessary for his own existence as a King . Prefixed to this publication is a preface bv the editors , which informs us that they have many materials for a life of Mr . Burke . Whatever materials they mav have , they in this preface do not discover a very comprehensive view of the mind of Burke . The preface is chief !) devoted to the defence his hold
of his POLITICAL CONSISTENCY , which is by no means strong . We cannot bestow much praise on the judgment of advocates who lay the principal stress on that part of the cause which can so easily , by a comparison of his opinions at different times , be proved to be the weakest . The editors seem to have adopted , to the fullest extent , the sentiments of Burke respecting the French Revolution . His opinion , so often repeated , that we ought never in any circumstances to make peace with the French Government , is more fitting for the Dido of his favourite Virgil , in the phrensy ot passion imprecating perpetual hostilities between her countrymen and those of her faithless lover , than of a wise statesman soberly advising what may
be most beneficial to his country . The genius , the general wisdom , and the knowledge of Edmund Burke make his publications delig htful and even instructive , notwithstanding that particular extravagance . The extravagance alone , however , without that genius , wisdom , and knowledge , is merely absurd and ridiculous . Most of our readers have probably perused one of Smollet ' s novels , entitled Sir Launcelot Greaves . Greaves , they vvjll recollect , a gentleman of talentslearningand lishmentsisseized with a
rogreat , , accomp , _ mantic desire of restoring the " age of chivalry . His . abilities , virtues , and accomplishments make us respect his character , though we regret his eccentricities , and laugh at his arming lii . nself , in days oi ' civilized society , in the old armour of the feudal costume . " Honest Captain Crowe , seized _ with admiration of Greaves , takes it into his head to irritate the example of the knight , and arms himself with a brazen pot-lid . Tims accoutred , he pursues the same road with the Errantfancies he is treading the paths of chivalrya"d
, , _ copying the character of the accomplished Greaves , But being a very indifferent horseman , and in . other respects totally unqualified for a Chevalier , he exposes himself to-much ridicule . He has all the fury of nis model , ' without bisjire .