CONTENTS. THE AUTHOR QUESTIONS THE PROPRIETY OF PERSO- NIFYING CIRCUMSTANCE, DENIES THE UNITY AND CHAPTER XXXVI. P. I.—p. 32. REMARKS ON AN OPINION OF MR. CRABBE'S. TOPO Do, pious marble, let thy readers know Protect his memory, and preserve his story; His name that cannot fade shall be An everlasting monument to thee. EPITAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. CHAPTER XXXVII. P. I.—p. 37. ANECDOTES OF PETER HEYLYN AND LIGHTFOOT, EXEMPLIFYING THAT GREAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT ALWAYS APPLICABLE TO LITTLE THINGS; AND THAT AS CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME, SO IT MAY WITH EQUAL TRUTH SOMETIMES BE SAID THAT KNOWLEDGE ENDS THERE. A scholar in his study knows the stars, Their motion and their influence, which are fix'd, CHAPTER XXXVIII. P. I. p. 43. THE READER IS LED TO INFER THAT A TRAVELLER WHO STOPS UPON THE WAY TO SKETCH, BOTANIZE, ENTOMOLOGIZE OR MINERALOGIZE, TRAVELS WITH MORE PLEASURE AND PROFIT TO HIMSELF THAN IF HE WERE IN THE MAIL COACH. Non servio materiæ sed indulgeo; quæ quo ducit sequendum est, non quo invitat. SENECA. INTERCHAPTER IV.-p. 54. ETYMOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES CONCERNING THE RE MAINS OF VARIOUS TRIBES OR FAMILIES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURAL HISTORY. All things are big with jest; nothing that's plain But may be witty, if thou hast the vein. HERBERT. CHAPTER XXXIX. P. I.—p. 58. A CHAPTER FOR THE INFORMATION OF THOSE WHO MAY VISIT DONCASTER, AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE WHO FREQUENT THE RACES THERE. My good Lord, there is a Corporation, MIDDLETON. |