who vifit St. Paul's, that memorial of his genius, ever fee. The infide of the beautiful fabric of St. Génévieve, the National Affembly, with great wildom as well as with great good tafte, have dedicated to the fepulture of illuftrious perfons, to perfons

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and have intended it as the Temple of Fame of Gallic Worthies. The illuftrious Chapter of St. Paul's appear to wish to render inhumation in their magnificent Temple as honourable and as characteristic of well-merited diftinction, as they have refolved never to take any fees for this privilege, and never to allow it to any one for whofe monument there is not either a public fubfcription, or an order of Parliament; and they have voted the primitia of this honourable diftin&tion to commence with Dr. Johníon and Mr. Howard. M. Southot, whilft he was building Saint Génévieve, travelled to all the Gothic Cathedrals of France, and took great pains to get plans of thofe in other countries in order to affitt him in the conftruction of his immenfe fabric, and adopted many of their contrivances, particularly that of hollowing out ftones, and afterwards cramping them with iron, to give lightness and ftrength to their buildings. The following tribute of praife to the artifices and ingenuity of conitruction of these skilful, though at present too much neglected, Architects, has been paid by that great mafter of his art, Sir William Chambers, in the additions to his third edition of his "Treatife on the decorative Part of Civil Architecture," juft published: "To thofe ufually called Gothic Architects we are indebted for the fit confiderable improvements in conftruction. There is a lightnefs in their works, an art and boldneis of execution, to which the antients never arrived, and

which the moderns comprchend and imitate with difficulty. England contains many magnificent examples of this fpecies of architecture equally admirable for the art with which they are built, as well as for the tafte and ingenuity with which they are compofed. One cannot refrain from withing, that the Gothic structures were more confidered, better understood, and in higher eftimation than they feem to have been. Would our Dilettanti, inflead of importing the gleanings of Greece, or our Antiquarians, inftead of publifhing loofe and incoherent prints, encourage perfons duly qualified to undertake a correct and ele

gant publication of our own Cathedrals, and other buildings called Gothic, before they totally fali to ruin, it would be of real fervice to the arts of defign, it would preferve the remembrance of an extraordinary style of building now finking faft into oblivion, and at the fame time publish to the world the riches of Britain, in the fplendor of her ancient ftructures."

DR. GOLDSMITH

was not in general elteemed a man of much vigour or fpring of mind in converfation. He had, however, a wonderful felicity of application of paffages from the Claffics to things or perfons before him. Goldfmith had taken a ftrange diflike to the perion of Captain, whom he thought a man of great ferocity of beha viour; when, however, he was told, that this was a mistake, and that he was befides a man of letters and a scholar, he replied, "Then I am fure I was wrong i for you know,

"Ingenuas didiciffe fideliter artes, "Emollit mores, nec finit effe feros."

That a man who had apparently fuch vacuity of mind, and fuch penury of intellect in company, thould still be able to catch fo well the manners living as they rie" as he did, and display them with fuch exquifite humour and acuteness of obfervation as a writer, would appear very extraordinary, did we not know what contrarieties meet very often in the fame perfon, and how deficient and how excellent the fame perfon is in different things. Marthal Turenne could never learn to falute at the head of his regiment; and the great Lord Chatham's epiftolary correfpondence was bombaftical and confused. Several Effays of Dr. Goldfinith that were floating down the tide of oblivion have been very lately, in conjunction with fome of the late ingenious Dr. Smollet and the late learned Mr. Badcock that were in the fame fituation, been rescued from their obfcurity by the care and pains of an anonymous Editor, in two volumes 12mo. and appear extremely well to deferve the attention of the public.

TRANSLATION of Dr. JOHNSON'S GREEK VERSES on Dr. GOLDSMITH. "Whoe'er thou art with rev'rence tread, "Where Goldimith's hallow'd duit is "Jaid.

"If Nature, and th' hiftoric page, "If the fweet Mufe thy care engage, "Lament

VALLOMBROSA is a Convent of Benedictine Monks, fituated in the Appennines, about eighteen miles from Erence, and three mites from the fummit of Scchietta. The domain of this Convent is peculiarly romantic. It abounds in most beautiful chefnut-trees, is interfected with many rivulets, and is divertified with many inequalities of hill and dale. It has afforded a very beautiful fimile to our divine poet Milton; who, in the First Book of Paradife Loft, fpeaking of Satan marihaling his army of Fiends, fays, [" intranc'd "His legions, Angel forms, who lay "Thick as autumnal leaves that itrew "the brooks ["fhades "In Fallombrofa, where the Etrurian High over-arch'd embower."

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The ingenious Mr. Parfons, in his "Poetical Tour," thus defcribes Vallombrofa:

"Vallombrofa, facred fhade,

"For Peace and meek Devotion made "Safe from pangs the worldling knows, "Here fecure in calm repofe, "Far from life's perplexing maze, "The pious Fathers pafs their days. "As the bell's fhrill tinkling found Regulates their conftant round, ["ray, "They roufe with Hymns the morning "Or Vefpers chaunt at clofe of day, "While the Organ strong and clear "Joins to charm th' attentive ear, "Ott return their hours of prayer. "E'en at time of fober fare "Some inftructive page is read, "And mind and body both are fed.

"Oft they trace th' historic pen, "And Legends old of fainted men ; "Liften oft to Holy Writ; "Studies which their ftate befit. "Here the traveller elate "Finds an ever open gate; "Glad they all his wants fupply, "And welcome beams from ev'ry eye. "But mot I love to wander wide "With a ferious Monk my guide; "Who, while each fcene he proud dif plays,

"Repeats the holy Founder's praise, "Gualberto †, who in youthful prime "Forlock Ambition's march fublime, "Neighing fteeds and feats of arms, "Tournaments and Beauty's charms, "And left the fhield and nodding crest "To be in garb monaftic drest: "How Religion's mild control "Banifh'd vengeance from his foul, "When his fword, in anger rais'd, "For a flaughter'd brother blaz'd "How his breaft, with fury fteel'd, "While the proftrate victim kneel'd, "At the Crofs's powerful fign

:

Relenting own'd the spark divine; "Learn'd, like his Saviour, to forgive, "And bade th' appall'd affffin live; "Then his raging paffions ceafe,

"Calm'd in the till abode of Peace. "Next the Monk, with thuddering "thought,

"Points the ftone by fculpture wrought; "Whole characters tremendous tell "Where the vile Apoftate fell;

"Whom, fighing to regain the world, "The Fiend of Darkneis downward “hurl'd.

"Such