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THE

BRITISH CRITIC,

FOR

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

MDCCCX.

Noftra hæc militia eft, ferimus quæ poffumus arma.

OVID.

VOLUME XXXVI.

London:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,
NO. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1811.

Printed by Law and Gilbert, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell,

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PREFA C E.

TH

HROUGH months of real mourning for Royal calamity, amidst the fufpenfe of political and military movements, and the progrefs of events fuch as this age has firft, and let us hope laft alfo, produced, literature has been among our chief confolations, fecondary only to thofe which are more folemn and more fecret. In the fame fcale and proportion we recommend it to all our readers, and would, if poffible, to all the world. For this reafon we continue to give, (errors excepted, as the merchants fay) a complete view of all the literature of our country; not selecting a few publications on which to flourish and show away, but endeavouring, at least, to mention all. Defiring alfo to quicken and direct the tafte for good books, we continue to diftinguish, in our halfyearly preface, the most valuable of thofe which have lately fallen under our inspection: and, first of all, as of most importance, in

DIVINITY.

The afpect of this half-year's theology has been, on the whole, favourable; and though we cannot boast of any work of primary magnitude, yet have we feveral to mention of abundant merit and utility. We are inclined to lay no fmall ftrefs on the continuation A 2

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