[175] His “Descant on Creation,” also was published in 1746. It is so well known as not to need further notice.
[176] The eminent mathematician and astronomer.
[177] “Contemplations on the Night.”
[178] The motto really used was the following:—
“Night is fair Virtue’s immemorial friend:
The conscious Moon, through every distant age,
Has held a lamp to Wisdom.”
[179] The society mentioned on a previous page.
[180] The famous French novelist, who died in 1777.
[181] Gospel Magazine, 1771, p. 179.