The revolution, in 1688, has a serious influence upon the manners and studies of the English nation Licentiousness of former writers ibid. The FABLES of Dryden not free from that licentiousness ibid. cardo ibid. -of Addison, Swift, Bolingbroke, Chesterfield, and Johnson, as prose writers ibid. He studies the versification of Waller, Denham, Dry- Such of his poetical successors as have attempted to give more freedom and variety to English heroic verse in rhyme, have generally either broken its structure or impair- -of Akenside and Armstrong, as didactic poets ibid. Extract from Armstrong's Art of preserving Health ibid. General character of the romances of Fielding, Smollett, and Richardson ibid. Publication of the histories of Robertson and Hume Retrospective view of the state of manners in England during Dramatic performances of Cibber, Thomson, Southern, He introduces a new and more natural mode of playing The same just taste extends itself to dramatic writing 439 - Tragedies of Zara, Merope, Elfrida, the Gamester, Dou-. Theatrical decorations architecture, scenery, characteristic Success of the serious opera of Artaxerxes, set to music by ibid. Favourable reception of Love in a Village, &c. Progress of the other elegant arts during the period under Progress of the sciences in England during the present cen- tury ibid. Meta Account of Hume's system of the association of ideas, and his theory of the passions, or the communication of emotions 449 Example of his manner of illustrating his metaphysical system Concise view of the state of christianity in Great-Britain dur- Bold investigation of the sublime mysteries of christianity, the Succeeded by moderation among all the old sectaries 451 New sects spring up both in England and Scotland Whitfield, Wesley, and the Erskines, rekindle, in all its force, THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE. PART II. FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA, IN 1648, TO THE PEACE OF PARIS, IN 1763. LETTER XXVI. GENERAL VIEW OF THE AFFAIRS OF EUROPE, FROM THE DEATH OF LEWIS XIV. IN 1715, TO THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR, CHARLES VI. IN 1740. THE period on which we are now entering is hap pily distinguished by few great events, for great events are generally connected with great calamities. The war, that had so long ravaged the finest part of Europe, A. D. 1715. had ceased at the peace of Utrecht, and discord seemed to have left the earth with the restless spirit of Lewis XIV. but a certain degree of agitation remained, like the rolling of the waves after a storm. The progress of the rebellion in Great-Britain, against the authority of George I. and with a view of restoring the family of Stuart, I have already had occasion to trace. The speedy |