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    chase ; thou hast wHlrifi ^ pid © ftl&J 8 M | ef / ^ uHJ ^ Wiittafigibly , * There is for man no eternal mansi ^ J ^ IH ^ oMBT ^ lf } Bf 7 f- 'i , Suddenly , in the mia& ^| j ^ and rejoicing springs forth , for on thatevehing Was ^ olfe" cetebrated the great Festival of the Moon , on an island bet ween , the gardens of Memphis and the eastern shore , where the temple ofthe goddess was ; erectecL Anew topic opens

    for the brilliant powers of description which Mr . Moore cfan so well display . But , to pursue the main doe of our story , the philosopher sees among the group of maidens ( officiating as ministering nymphs in the service of the Qddcfe ^ brfe SSrjijissihg model of innocent beauty , which subjugates his fdcuffites ^ d ;] rj ^^ es ' th ^ presiding genius of his future life . L 't ^ s ! n ^ slgiHi b ^ th&b 6 ject of his adoration he rows across the solitary lake for his the

    ^ d fiflds hin ^ iself ijn ^ congenial spot meditations— Necropolis , ot city ' "bf X& $ easL a scene of melancholy grandeur , overspread with , tombs ^( f ^ yraimi ^ s /^ Two females soon after land at the same spot , and are foU lo&Sl 4 ^^ m , unobserved , through secret passages of one of the pyramids . fir'ife Tec ^ ses he observes once more his young wo r $ Jnper of Tsis bending < $ vW tfTuii&S female fonn enshrined within a case of crystal , in < l is not

    stirbifged at Seeing her kiss with devotional iervour ^ eve& j ^ Isilver , cross wtiidri is neir , for the cross was among the Egyptians tfiej&n ^ ent * or i ^ iji ^ f m > : k - ~ -r - ¦ ' ° wr - •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •• ¦ ¦ ¦ - " = ' ¦ ' ¦ . "¦ ( V ^ cip ! iroh returns next day and enters upon what w ^ m ^ savis ^ ej ^^ er a well-contrived nor very interesting portion of his adventures , all reasonable probability being set at nought . The philosopher ' s visk hsrirbeefi ^ dbseVvied

    by , die / crafty Egyptian priests , who have long marked ; the ^ Hfl 6 si 6 ^ Wer ^ a prize , whose conversion and initiation into , the mysjterje ^ 6 £ tii ^ h- ( goddess wouM redound highly to their credit . Accordingly , et ^ ijjr tjijitlg' ^^ pfepKrej fd > passing him through the initiatory ceremonies * giibdujngj \ iis min < £ and ffi ^ lfy cohv ^ rting him , or ( as would appear ) <}^ sposii ] fg (^ t hii . iA some more summary way . The poet ' s fancy is thus set to work to devise the most plausible deceptions by which the philosopher can be half burnt , half drowned , ha # hutigj , arid , in short , brought in divers Ways wxthW an inch of his life For this portion of his work the author resorts to' " La Vie de SethosV

    arid the ^ Voyages d ' Antenor ; " but authority Will not turn the imposr sible into the possible , and , in our judgment , the best assistance he could hav ^ called iti would have been som e such mechanical contriver as tlie , arranger of a pantomime must bring to his aid to settle what flights of ttife pO 0 tfs imagination are within the ppwer of mechanical contrivance to gtve plausible execution to , and what would infallibly , instead of the sublim ^ tuft into the ridiculous . '"; ., ' ,

    " Quid valeant humeri , quid referre recusent . " ? f , ; f A / Through all these halting devices , however , Alciphron to ^ ss ^ Wlfli / aii agility atnd stre ' iigth of nerve and muscle which the gyiitn ' akiuiii'i ^ mei'raaVi tbftjgarden woaldiiseem proper to produce , and at length ^ nldi ^ befbre tHe Itnyiteflctas veil df 4 he . Goddess , the removal of which is to dpeh ( tHe ^ de e |}^ ^ acmtsiofi the Hierophant , rind to seal his fate as he shallrejetit b ^^ ilbiiiitty tbtomMsa ^ u ^ i ^ ¦ -. ' - ¦ •• ' >' \ " ^ H ^ f 7 Jnitosedi ^ ia ibeis savedfrom the and rescued from tfe ^ lle ^ larid po ^ ieu toll the prkstjiooid / by a female , Who guides hrtn awa ^ ^^ UffliHa ^ ^ rkiwaB ^ aiid seiita ' hinVby het side pvthfe cat * left re ^ dy ( is it ^ fle ^ avcls i > ppeah >) vibr tli ^ Wains ^ jitel ^ tadiMteiwdTbtth ^ ilh ^^ r ^ r ^ ^ fashi 6 a which

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 905, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/49/