BY GEORGE GREGORY, D. D. LATE VICAR OF WEST-HAM, DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO IN TWO VOLUMES. LONDON: PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS. BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. 1808. T. Gillet, Crown-court, PREFACE. THE following Work is presented to the public as the last literary composition which its well known Author lived to complete; and it contains the result of various observations, made by a vigorous and cultivated mind, upon different subjects of taste and literature. It was concluded a very short time previous to his decease; it assisted in cheering and engaging his mind, in soothing the languor of declining health, and in recalling the delightful remembrance of former associates, and of a long course of intellectual pursuits. To his friends these circumstances will render the Work additionally valuable. They will, from the natural and best feelings of the human heart, |