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PREFACE to VOL. XVII.

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UCH is the Plan of our Magazine, that it must neceffarily bear the ftamp of the times, and the political, historical and mifcellaneous parts, dilate or contract in proportion to the diverfity and zeal of parties, the number and importance of events, and the reigning tafte for literary

entertainment..

While a determin'd fpirit of oppofition in the national affemblies communi-> cated itself to almoft every individual, multiplied and invigorated periodical papers, and render'd politics the chief, if not the only object of curiofity, we acted a fecure and eafy part, having an ample field for our collections, which, as they were faithfully and impartially made, had a ready and extenfive receptiHence fome imagined, and not without reafon, that when this resource fhould fail us, our work would meet with less regard, at the fame time that it would be attended with greater difficulty. But as a fondness for politicks, tho' general, was never univerfal, we happily fubftituted other fubjects, not indeed equally adapted to excite the paffions, but more useful and permanent; fo that inftead of a diminished, we have experienced an increafing fale.

on.

What refearches we have made into the sciences, foreign as well as domestic literature, what contributions received, what improvements added, * it will be unneceffary to enumerate in an addrefs to our readers. Nor need we observe to them, how eafy it is to form an unconnected mifcellany, from the gleanings of fyftems and dictionaries, from Rider's Almanack, the Art of Cookery, and compleat Housewife. They justly expect that the articles in our Magazine fhould not be fuch as may be gather'd from every ftall, but new, or curious, relative to the defign, and tending to general information. And fuch has been our conduct, or the conduct of others, that, tho' the candidates for public favour have multiply'd, we daily receive indubitable marks of preference."

Gratefully fenfible of this favour, and confident of its continuance while we continue our affiduity, we shall only add, that we have ftill further refources fufficient to maintain our fuperiority, and fhail diligently perform our part to prevent the public being deprived of all fuch monthly entertainments (vain scheme!) impotently, tho' infolently threatened to be effected, by a combination and subfcription, to publish and support a fuper excellent Magazine, which was entirely to extirpate all others, and then, for the good of trade, it feems, be generoufy difcontinued. Whoever were to be the principal inftruments or conductors of that work, mighty in imagination, every one muft fee, that the publick owes them no thanks.

However, as the Mufæum, a work of genius and learning, obftructed not our rifing fale, no alarm need be taken from the productions of the prefent oftentatious compilers, of whom all ranks pronounce that, tho' they blot paper, they cannot write.

P. S. We contrived the copper plates as much as might be to avoid folding, which deftroys them,

Thef will fufficiently appear in theIndex, where, at the word PLATES, the bookbinders will find the pages, againft which it will be proper to place the maps and cuts. They may also

write on them the numbers, previous to their insertion, as we could not know which would be next in order, by reafon of the uncertainty of getting them engraved and worked off.

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completing his Seventeenth Volume.

VEROS IMITANTIA CASUS.

HE glowing ftove, the taper's chearful light,
The circling glafs, and Friendship's chafle
delight,

Had roll'd, unmeasur'd and unmark'd, away
The cold, dark ev'ning of the winter's day.
Of authors, books, the living, and the dead,
The much that's written, and the little read;
Of Magazines for dulnefs, and for wit,
We talk'd; and prais'd and cenfur'd as was fit.
We part-awhile I mus'd in elbow chair,
Then funk in down, forgetting all things there:
Yet fleep at once dilates and fills the mind;
FANCY no more the bonds of Senfe can bind,
Rapt with extatic freedom, up the springs,
Secks her own world, and fpurns material things.
A lofty pillar now before me 'rofe,
Adorn'd with all laborious Art bestows,
Form'd of that order, elegantly tall,

Thro' the dark fabric filent Lethe fteals,
Which yet the front, of wide extent, conceals;
Thro' the thick wall one aperture is found,
In this a wheel, by Dulnefs turn'd, goes round 5
Dulnefs! whofe head furrounding clouds conceal'd
"In broad effulgence all below reveal'd; '
Th' attendant prieft, of his high office proud,
Receives the various offerings of the croud,
The dull memoir, trite puff, and tedious chime
Of tagg'd conundrum, and of profe in rhime;
These the wheel takes, as from his hand they fall,
And whirls to Lethe's flood behind the wall.

As near the facred spot our hero drew,
A mobЯock'd round him, fond of something new;
To thee, they cry'd, these treasures we confign,
Which in this temple to preferve be thine;
Thy hand alone thefe off'rings shall convey'-
His hand receives them, zealous to obey.
Around his head, exulting, now he wav'd
Diftorted towns, from netu furveys engrav'd,

Which blending grace with grace improves'em all. Receipts for dreffing meat, and making bay,
This, to o'erturn, a grinning crowd engage
With stedfast hafte, and perfevering rage;
Yet undefac'd the tow'ring pile appears, [years.
Firm, as the date proclaim'd, through changing
A fpot lay near, long doom'd to ftink and shine,
To Dulness facred, and to Cloacine;

Here copious offerings, vow'd to either pow'r,
Share, in one heap, the funfhine and the fhow'r;
Whate'er by Dunce was fcribbled, new or old,
Gorg'ous and gay, was gilt-but not with gold.
This, as I view'd, involv'd in curling smoke,
Heav'd the crude mafs, and as it heav'd it broke;
Forth from the charm proceeds an hollow found,
And a wide tremor fhakes the conscious ground;
When now, firft iffuing to the realms of light,
Striding an afs, up fprusg a wond'rous wight;
Earth-born, by warring qualities begot,
The child of moift and dry, of cold and hot ;
What feem'd his head was void of brains

hair,

and

A featur'd bubble! empty, round, and bare;
But Nature, left in this esteem'd fevere,
Plac'd on each fide a bounteous length of ear;
Fall'n was the wrinkled vifage, which, to hide,
A youthful mask his better hand apply'd;
His coat, with tinfel lace embroider'd o'er,
Ill match'd the rags which lefs in fight he wore.
One inftinct mov'd the Hero and the fteed,
Fierce they fprung forward with an aukward fpeed,
Both to the pillar one fhort moment brought,
And the fage beaft thus fpoke his rider's thought:
Detefted pile,fhalt thou,high-rais'd from earth,
Shade the dear fpot from which I claim my
birth?
[know,
Shall thefe, my friends, by instinct whom ĺ
Affault thee ftill with unprevailing blow?
And shalt thou not-thy bafe at least shall feel
Th' auxiliar force of this elastic heel.'
He faid, and bray'd-the ftone with lifted feet
Then fpurn'd; the rider totter'd on his feat.

Hence with lefs, hafte, exulting in the deed,
They pafs-their feps my curious fteps fucceed;
Tho barren, level was the way they went;
A broad, an eafy, and a long defcent.
OBLIVION's temple now untir'd we gain;
No mortal footsteps mark the hallow'd fane,
The priest, without, performs the facred site,
No door unfolding e'er admits the light;

To-morrow ufeful as they are to-day;
And now, the wheel approach'd, with jealous pride
The priest, afcance, his potent rival ey'd,
Then thus addreft: Prefumptuous as thou art,
'Why haft thou here affum'd another's part?
Know, from my hand alone, this wheel receives
"Whate'er each vot'ry to Oblivion leaves;

From public fuffrance this employ I claim;
And yon proud city, London, gives me name.
Thro' fixteen years victorious I prevail,
In fixteen years an hundred rivals fail:
With thefe o'erturn'd, proud upftart! fhalt
thou lie'.

The Hero's fteed loud bray'd a stern reply;
And hoftile deeds, perhaps, a dreadful scene!
Had foon enfu'd, but Dwinefs ftep'd between,
A peaceful darkness round her fons fhe threw,
Hid each from each, both heroes from my view.

FAR to the right, the chearful bears of day
To glitt ring fpires illum'd the rifing way;
Thither I hafte; two lofty doors unfold
To marble pavements, and to roofs of gold;
High on a throne, the Mufes plac'd around,
FAME, with the records of her reign, I found;
On thefe endures, while ages roll away,
Whate'er fhe writes, too facred to decay;
To her, whate'er all-ftudious Learning taught,
What Wit imagin'd, and what Wisdom thought,
From circling crowds her minifter convey'd,
Receiv'd with pleasure, and with pride display'd;
With joy I gaz'd, and blefs'd the pow'r fublime,
That refcu'd Genius from the rage of Time:
When the fair Vifion, fading from my fight,
I wak'd to filence, and the fhades of night.

URBAN! to thee, this Fable let me fend,
Of Fame the minifter, of Wit the friend:
Whoe'er collections for OBLIVION make,
And hand dull pieces into Lethe's lake,
Vie not with thee, whate'er their boafts pretend,
Since all their labours feek a different end.
But dunce with dunce competitor may be,
While wits with laughter the vain conteft fee.-
Thy work, like fome tall pillar tow'ring high,
Shall Envy, Dulness, Fraud, and Rage defy i
Each foe to Senfe that, glean'd from Folly, brings
A mushroom medley of disjointed things,
Shall die forgotten, as he lives unknown,
And all the FUTURE fhall be thine alone.