LATE VICAR OF WEST-HAM, DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN TO

THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF, &c. &c. &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS,

BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.

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,