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Memoir Of William Mason, A.M.
his dramas are equally displayed in his character as a lyric writer ., His quarry was bold and impetuous , and he never swept " the ground with an ignominious flight . As precentor of York Cathedral , he published a small volume on Church Music , which has alternately met with opposition and applause . In his ' Sappho and Pbaon he has happily imitated the style of Dryden and Metastasio . Should the
poem be finished , on which he was at work some time before his death , it will be seen with wdiat success he'has measured his strength with Dryden . His Sermons and posthumous pieces are intended for publicati . n . As a politician lie was an indefatigable and able asserter of the British Liberty ; but when the spirit of party proceeded to the length of setting ; at defiance all order and government , Mr . Mason , with the
spirit of a true philosopher , set himself to oppose the tide of'innovation . The celebrated ' Epistle to Sir William Chambers has been attributed to his pen ; but , we believe , without sufficient foundation , as he never acknowledged it . Of Mr ; Gray , ( to whose will he was , executor ) he was an enthusiastic admirer , almost to idolatry . Afew months before his death he collected his scattered poetical
p ieces , and published them as the third volume of his works . Ilis death was sudden and remarkable . , As he was stepping into his chariot at Aston , his foot slipped , by which his leg grazed against the step ; no notice , however ; was taken of the accident for some days . At length , ' a mortification ensued , which carried him off , April 3 , 1797 , in the 72 d year of his age ;
In-his manners he was very dignified , which , while it shewed the consciousness of superior learning and talents , was also united with much philanthropy and Christian piety ; ¦ '
Voyage Of Discovery.
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY .
THE Madrid Gazettee contains the following account of the late valuable and successful voyage for discovery , undertaken by that nation . 'Th ? geography of this globe will be much more accurately known than heretofore , from the recent voyage of a Spanish navigator . After he had taken very exact charts of the American coasts , and the neighbouring islands , from the river la Plata to Cape
Horn , and from that Cape to the most northern extremity of that part of the world , he arrived in the latitude 61 of the American coast ; and made a fruitless attempt to discover a passage into the Atlantic Ocean . He afterwards visited the Phillippines , the Marianian , and the Islands of Macao upon the coast of China , steering between the Island of Mindanao and the Montays , and from thence directed his
course by the Island of New Guinea , and passed the equinoctial line . During this . part of his voyage he discovered a bay of about nine hundred leagues in circumference , unknown to any former navigator . After remaining some time at New Zealand and " New Holland , he made the Friendly Islands of Barbacos , which lie in a line , and wer * equally unknown to any other European voyager , '
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Memoir Of William Mason, A.M.
his dramas are equally displayed in his character as a lyric writer ., His quarry was bold and impetuous , and he never swept " the ground with an ignominious flight . As precentor of York Cathedral , he published a small volume on Church Music , which has alternately met with opposition and applause . In his ' Sappho and Pbaon he has happily imitated the style of Dryden and Metastasio . Should the
poem be finished , on which he was at work some time before his death , it will be seen with wdiat success he'has measured his strength with Dryden . His Sermons and posthumous pieces are intended for publicati . n . As a politician lie was an indefatigable and able asserter of the British Liberty ; but when the spirit of party proceeded to the length of setting ; at defiance all order and government , Mr . Mason , with the
spirit of a true philosopher , set himself to oppose the tide of'innovation . The celebrated ' Epistle to Sir William Chambers has been attributed to his pen ; but , we believe , without sufficient foundation , as he never acknowledged it . Of Mr ; Gray , ( to whose will he was , executor ) he was an enthusiastic admirer , almost to idolatry . Afew months before his death he collected his scattered poetical
p ieces , and published them as the third volume of his works . Ilis death was sudden and remarkable . , As he was stepping into his chariot at Aston , his foot slipped , by which his leg grazed against the step ; no notice , however ; was taken of the accident for some days . At length , ' a mortification ensued , which carried him off , April 3 , 1797 , in the 72 d year of his age ;
In-his manners he was very dignified , which , while it shewed the consciousness of superior learning and talents , was also united with much philanthropy and Christian piety ; ¦ '
Voyage Of Discovery.
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY .
THE Madrid Gazettee contains the following account of the late valuable and successful voyage for discovery , undertaken by that nation . 'Th ? geography of this globe will be much more accurately known than heretofore , from the recent voyage of a Spanish navigator . After he had taken very exact charts of the American coasts , and the neighbouring islands , from the river la Plata to Cape
Horn , and from that Cape to the most northern extremity of that part of the world , he arrived in the latitude 61 of the American coast ; and made a fruitless attempt to discover a passage into the Atlantic Ocean . He afterwards visited the Phillippines , the Marianian , and the Islands of Macao upon the coast of China , steering between the Island of Mindanao and the Montays , and from thence directed his
course by the Island of New Guinea , and passed the equinoctial line . During this . part of his voyage he discovered a bay of about nine hundred leagues in circumference , unknown to any former navigator . After remaining some time at New Zealand and " New Holland , he made the Friendly Islands of Barbacos , which lie in a line , and wer * equally unknown to any other European voyager , '