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    larly the French and English *; in the study of which , he availed himself of nis ihtiiriifcy with Doctor ' Gilmperfc , a young Jew , much distinguished by his literary habits , talents and attainments .

    The circle of Mendelssohn * s friends , was now larger : and his intercourse with persons of taste and learning , had an auspicious influence-on his mind and man . ners . From no connexion , however , did he derivie so much

    advantage as from that which began in 1754 ) with Lessing , in whom sdrije ^ pf the richest treasures of in . ect $ nd knowledge were united with a superior disposition and ahititv to Wins forward the men .

    tal povveESbrbfotner men , and who wasa # the practice of examining wffh perfecf freedopa ^ subjects of the firstconsequence to human beings . Frederick Nicolai , a lite - rary Bookseller at Berlin , was the

    beloved associate of both . Duriolt ittoVe than twenty years these tferee ^ frieh ^ s were ^ losely linked toeettiier by mutual affection and confidence : nqr aitf their occasirdancies in

    onai disco opinion prodircethc slightest , jealousy or illwi | I . ^ ^ Nicolai ' wa ^ pditor of a periodic catwork of ftjgh ? and Reserved repUtation : and in this ne received oc ^ ctsiqiial hej p from the pen of

    M ^ ndelsscihn , who , in 1755 , earnerJbefore the public with a volu ^ e of L , ^ tter ^ i on a Taste for Beauty in ^ tlje Arts / &c * These wefejcprnposed irt the German lanfifr&P * iWOtch , at tha ^ t time . was lativelv in an uncultivated ^ tateurM ^ pdelssohn consiaerably Sim 3 H 3 oJ [ t < 3 . c - > T ) c ¦ ¦ ¦• ' - ¦ „ ¦ : x ; ,.. ; t v -r ¦ ¦ * : en Isr

    . ^ ^ % <| Jwork 6 f Marta ^ ch B , ael , " Gmoemmw the Jews * §^ vV tFan »^ ftt ^ 4 from the Englisfa , MF ^ # « * ff&ft , sfte ^ wards pubhsj ^ ecl a very admirable , pre-i

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    proved it : hi ^ styFe was easy , pftr - spicuous and elegant ; and the worid soon saw that an obsfcerre and indigent Jew was destined to rank among the finest writers of his age and country .

    His intense pursuit of his studies , in which , with an imprudence too common among literary ' meh he frequently passed the night ; increased the' weakness of his constitution . Once he was prevented

    for a whole year from attending to afcy employments which required abstraction of thought . From this threatening indisposition he recovered : and the writings which he afterwards published , are sufficient proofs that his " intdl ' h&tudt

    vigour was unimpaired . ! * Mendelssohn ' s most ipnpottkfii publication is * Phaedoh , 4 &iHi logue on the Immort ^ ft ^ fe ? 4 h 8 ' Soul . ' But while it beirfc t& ^ trtPf in common with Ptett / s ^ lli ^

    same subject , its re&sbHitij *^ £$£ ' not those of heatheh £ } ii 1 osbjih ^ i It is divided into threes r ' jf $ tis i ' stiff * prefixed to it is a life df gptttM ^ chiefly taken from tW' % ^ gHSA W John Gilbett Copper . <^ He was also the author &f SomcP

    performances , thd 66 fei £ t 6 ' f vriiitfti is the development 6 ? ttftfat miiV ^ termed the philosophy of taVtel OfLhese the principal A ^ HiM ' ktiready memtionedv j '' Aftfori'g ^ tiW

    metaphysical wfjtiogrf , Bfe' * EM&y on the Jin materially 6 f th ^ &dfafl / his c I ^ is ^ ertkU ^^ Wa ^ vftf ^ te ^ which gaffed ih&ptifc < Jf tM « lm Aeadtett ^ ^ frhis ^ &lrjm * stundeiij [ M ^ rfH ^^ difA ^ S ^^ tores oit the 'Bt ^ 'bftf'G ^ " *^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/3/