THE

PHILOMATHIC JOURNAL,

AND

LITERARY REVIEW;

CONDUCTED BY

THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILOMATHIC INSTITUTION.

"C WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING."

"Because the spirit of man cannot demean itself lively in this body, without
some recreating intermission of labour and serious things,- * civilize, adorn,
and make discreet the mind, by the learned and affable meeting of frequent
Academies, and the procurement of wise and artful recitations, sweetened with
eloquent and graceful enticements,*** that the call of WISDOM and VIRTUE
may be heard every where."-MILTON.

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND, GREEN,
PATERNOSTER ROW;;

SOLD ALSO BY BELL AND BRADFUTE, AND BLACK, EDINBURGH
WARDLAW AND CUNNINGHAME, GLASGOW,
AND HODGES AND M'ARTHUR, DUBLIN..

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS.

PART I.

The Science of Ethics

The Battle of Jena

On Taste....

DISCUSSION: Was the Suppression of the Knights Templars occa-

sioned by the Crimes of the Order?

Serenade

On Political Economy

Lyrical Stanzas

...

On the Etymology of the English Verb. Part I.

To a Lady

Epigram

Astrea; a Poem: addressed to Myra. Canto VII.

SONG: Bacchanal...

DISCUSSION: Are Fairs and similar Amusements injurious to the

Morals of the Lower Orders?..

Lines to the Memory of the late Dr. Abraham Rees

On the Principal Causes of the Darkness of the Middle Ages 107

The Voice of Death

105

....

114

DISCUSSION: Is it true that, as the Boundaries of Science are ex-

tended, the Empire of Imagination is diminished?

116

SONNET: on a Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds

133

On the Importance of the Principles of Phrenology, as applicable

DISCUSSION: Is the Salic Law unjust in excluiling Females from

On the Etymology of the English Verb. Part II.

Wed me not

SONNET: To the Memory of the late Mrs. Anne Radcliffe

The Post

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