[587] See his version of Homer.
[588] May and June.
[589] The "Rights of Man," a book which created a great ferment in the country, by its revolutionary character and statements.
[590] As a transcriber.
[591] There is a similar passage, in Mickle's "Lusiad," so full of beauty, that we cannot refrain from inserting it:—
The moon, full orb'd, forsakes her watery cave,
And lifts her lovely head above the wave;
The snowy splendours of her modest ray
Stream o'er the liquid wave, and glittering play;
The masts' tall shadows tremble in the deep;
The peaceful winds a holy silence keep;
The watchman's carol, echoed from the prows,
Alone, at times, disturbs the calm repose
[592] Mrs. Bodham.
[593] Mrs. Hewitt.
[594] Mrs. Hewitt fully merited this description. She departed a few years before her brother, the late Dr. Johnson. Their remains lie in the same vault, at Yaxham, near Dereham, Norfolk.
[595] The celebrated American Edwards, well known for his two great works on "The Freedom of the Human Will," and on "Religious Affections." Dr. Dwight's Sermons are a body of sound and excellent theology.