adertaking was of a paper, called the onjunction with associates, of whom one , who, then only minister of a parish in of so much consequence to the governas made, first, bishop of Bristol, and, after› of Ireland, where his piety and his charity onoured.

sily be imagined that what was printed under of Boulter would have nothing in it indecent is; its title is to be understood as implying only .rom unreasonable prejudice. It has been re

volumes, but is little read; nor can impartial recommend it as worthy of revival.

fer was not well qualified to write diurnal essays; new how to practise the liberality of greatness and lity of friendship. When he was advanced to the of ecclesiastical dignity, he did not forget the comof his labours. Knowing Philips to be slenderly

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ers, ublished in 1769, (the snais I want 23′′ ... tord, were collected by Mr. Phips.

ion, the Letter from Denmark may be justly praised; Pastorals, which, by the writer of the Guardian, were ked as one of the four genuine productions of the rus‹ muse, cannot surely be despicable. That they exit a mode of life which does not exist, nor ever existed, not to be objected: the supposition of such a state is owed to pastoral. In his other poems he cannot be nied the praise of lines sometimes elegant; but he has dom much force, or much comprehension. The pieces

at please best are those which from Pope and Pope's herents procured him the name of Namby Pamby, the ems of short lines, by which he paid his court to all ages nd characters, from Walpole, "the steerer of the realm," › Miss Pulteney in the nursery. The numbers are smooth nd sprightly, and the diction is seldom faulty. They are ot loaded with much thought, yet, if they had been written y Addison, they would have had admirers: little things are not valued but when they are done by those who can lo greater.

In his translations from Pindar, he found the art of reaching all the obscurity of the Theban bard, however he may fall below his sublimity; he will be allowed, if he has less fire, to have more smoke.

He has added nothing to English poetry, yet, at least, half his book deserves to be read: perhaps he valued most himself that part which the critick would reject.

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GILBERT WEST is one of the writers of whom [5]
my inability to give a sufficient account; the in
which my inquiries have obtained is general and a“
He was the son of the reverend Dr. West; pe
him who published Pindar, at Oxford, about the bes
of this century. His mother was sister to sir Ri
His father, p
Temple, afterwards lord Cobham.
to educate him for the church, sent him first to E
afterwards to Oxford; but he was seduced to a mat
mode of life, by a commission in a troop of horse, przy
him by his uncle.

He continued some time in the army; though it is sonable to suppose that he never sunk into a mere sost nor ever lost the love, or much neglected the pursu learning; and, afterwards, finding himself more incline civil employment, he laid down his commission, and ! gaged in business under the lord Townshend, then see tary of state, with whom he attended the king to Hano

His adherence to lord Townshend ended in nothing is a nomination, May, 1729, to be clerk extraordinary of privy council, which produced no immediate profit; for only placed him in a state of expectation and right of s

cession, and it was very long before a vacancy him to profit.

admittel

Soon afterwards he married, and settled himself in a ver pleasant house at Wickham, in Kent, where he dera himself to learning and to piety. Of his learning, the la collection exhibits evidence, which would have been re

fuller, if the dissertations which accompany his version d Pindar had not been improperly omitted. Of his piety, the influence has, I hope, been extended far by his Observations on the Resurrection, published in 1747, for which the

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y of Oxford created him a doctor of laws by di¡March 30, 1748, and would, doubtless, have reached

er, had he lived to complete what he had for some editated, the Evidences of the Truth of the New ent. Perhaps it may not be without effect to tell,

read the prayers of the publick liturgy every g to his family, and that on Sunday evening The his servants into the parlour, and read to them first ion, and then prayers. Crashaw is now not the only of verses to whom may be given the two venerable s of poet and saint.

e was very often visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, who, they were weary of faction and debates, used at kham to find books and quiet, a decent table, and ary conversation. There is at Wickham a walk made Pitt; and, what is of far more importance, at Wickham, telton received that conviction which produced his Essertation on St. Paul.

These two illustrious friends had for awhile listened to e blandishments of infidelity; and when West's book was ablished, it was bought by some who did not know his ange of opinion, in expectation of new objections against hristianity; and as infidels do not want malignity, they evenged the disappointment by calling him a methodist.

Mr. West's income was not large; and his friends endeavoured, but without success, to obtain an augmentation. It is reported, that the education of the young prince was offered to him, but that he required a more extensive power of superintendence than it was thought proper to allow him.

In time, however, his revenue was improved; he lived to have one of the lucrative clerkships of the privy council, 1752: and Mr. Pitt at last had it in his power to make him treasurer of Chelsea hospital.

He was now sufficiently rich; but wealth came too late to be long enjoyed; nor could it secure him from the calamities of life: he lost, 1755, his only son; and the year after, March 26, a stroke of the palsy brought to the