"Whether as an Antiquary, a classical, poetical, and historical Critick, a Biographer, or Enquirer into the Beauties and Niceties of Grammar and Languages, we find every where that Dr. PEGGE's remarks are not only striking and useful, but original; and in this last respect we have little hesitation in preferring the Anonymiana to the greater part of the works of this description which have been lately published either at home or abroad. There is scarcely a taste, among the various divisions of human liking, that will not find something appropriate and gratifying. It would be impossible to withhold, in these times of levity, just praise from a Work that so ably combines 'light reading' with serious thinking"." Gent. Mag. 1809. Tres mihi convivæ propè dissentire videntur, Poscentes vario multùm diversa palato. 1818. ADVERTISEMENT. (Written about the year 1766.) THERE can be no occasion for much parade in introducing a Collection of this light and superficial nature to the world. It is only hoped that, in such a variety of Remarks and Observations, something will be found that may hit and please the taste of Readers of all descriptions and denominations. It is the property of this sort of works, whether the person be of known and established character, anonymous, or pseudonymous, to promise something that may take with every Reader; and it is upon this ground that the Collector of the following detached remarks conceives some reasonable hope that it will answer the purpose and the title of such far rago's, and that he may be justified in applying to it the words of the Poet MARTIAL on his own compositions (I. 17.): "Sunt bona, sunt quædam mediocria, sunt mala plura." He trusts, however, that there are not many Observations of the last class. Whoever has a mind to know more of the Collections of this kind, so commonly known by the name of Anas, may find them en detail in the excellent preface of John Christopher Wolfius to the Casauboniana, printed at Hamburgh, 1710, 12mo. Many more of the same stamp have since that æra been brought forward, and not been ill received, abroad more especially; and this he has thought encouragement sufficient for him to adventure the present publication. It is only needful to observe here, that whereas compilations of this species were originally supposed to consist of such heterogeneous and miscellaneous articles as casually dropped from the mouths of great men, and were noticed by their families, the plan was afterwards adopted by professed authors, who chose to write in that mode; and with some shew of reason, since certainly some good things, and on various subjects, may occur to |