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Is Tempelmanni numeris defcripferis orbem. Cum fex centuriis Judæo millia septem. Myrias Ægypto ceffit bis feptima pingui. Myrias adfcifcit fibi nonagefima feptem Imperium qua Turca ferox exercet iniquum. Undecies binas decadas et millia feptem Sortitur Pelopis tellus quæ nomine gaudet. Myriadas decies feptem numerare jubebit Paftor Arabs: decies octo fibi Perfa * requirit. Myriades fibi pulcra duas, duo millia pofcit Parthenope.

* To the above Lines (which are unfinished, and can therefore be only offered as a fragment), in the Doctor's manufcript, are prefixed the words, "Geographia Metrica." As we are referred, in the first of the verfes, to Templeman, for having furnithed the numerical computations that are the fubject of them, his work has been accordingly confulted, the title of which is, "A new Survey of the Globe," and which profeffes to give an accurate menfuration of all the empires, kingdoms, and other divifions thereof, in the fquare miles that they refpectively contain. On comparifon of the feveral numbers in these verses with those fet down by Templeman, it appears that nearly half of them are precisely the fame; the rest are not quite fo exactly done. For the convenience of the Reader it has been thought right to subjoin each number, as it stands in Templeman's work, to that in Dr. Johnfon's verfes which refers to it.

I In this first article that is verfified, there is an accurate conformity in Dr. Johnfon's number to Templeman's; who fets down the fquare miles of Palestine at 7,600.

2 The fquare miles of Egypt are, in Templeman, 140,700. 3 The whole Turkish empire, in Templeman, is computed at 960,057 fquare miles.

In the four following articles, the numbers, in Templeman and in Johnson's verfes, are alike.-We find, accord

Parthenope*.

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'Novies vult tellus mille Sicana.

Papa fuo regit imperio ter millia quinque. Cum fex centuriis numerat fex millia Tufcus'.

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Centuriâ Ligures augent duo millia quartâ.
Centuria octavam decadem addit Lucca fecundæ.
Ut dicas, fpatiis quam latis imperet orbi
10 Ruffia, myriadas ter denas adde trecentis :
"Sardiniam cum fexcentis fex millia complent.
Cum fexagenis, dum plura recluferit ætas,
Myriadas ter mille homini dat terra" colendas.
Vult fibi vicenas millefima myrias addi,
Vicenis quinas, Afiam "3 metata celebrem.
Se quinquagenis octingentefima jungit
Myrias, ut menti pateat tota Africa" doctæ.
Myriadas feptem decies Europa" ducentis
Et quadragenis quoque ter tria millia jungit.

ingly, the Morea, in Templeman, to be fet down at 7,220 fquare miles.-Arabia, at 700,000.-Perfia, at Sco,coo.and Naples, at 22,000.

5 Sicily, in Templeman, is put down at 9,400.

The pope's dominions, at 14,868.

7 Tuscany, at 6,640.

Genoa in Templeman, as in Johnfon likewife, is fet down at 2,400.

9 Lucca, at 286.

The Ruffian empire, in the 29th plate of Templeman, is fet down at 3,303,485 fquare miles.

"Sardinia, in Templeman, as likewife in Johnson, 6,600. 12 The habitable world, in Templeman, is computed, in fquare miles, at 30,666,806.

3 Afia, at 10,257,487. 14 Africa, at 8,506,208.

Europe, at 2,749,349.

Myriadas

Myriadas denas dat, quinque et millia, fexque Centurias, et tres decadas Europa Britannis 16. Ter tria myriadi conjungit millia quartæ, Centuriæ quartæ decades quinque " Anglia nectit Millia myriadi feptem fœcunda fecundæ

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Et quadragenis decades quinque addit Ierne",
Quingentis quadragenis focialis adauget
Millia Belga" novem.

Ter fex centurias Hollandia " jactat opima Undecimum Camber " vult feptem millibus addi.

15 The British dominions, at 105,634.

" England, as likewise in Johnfon's expreffion of the number, at 49,450.

18 Ireland, at 27,457.

19 In the three remaining inftances, which make the whole that Dr. Johnfon appears to have rendered into Latin verse, we find the numbers exactly agreeing with thofe of Templeman; who makes the fquare miles of the United Provinces, 9540 of the province of Holland, 1800-and of Wales, 7011.

The Lady on whom the Greek verfes, and the Latin ones that immediately follow, were written (page 397), is the celebrated Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, who tranflated the works of Epictetus from the Greek.

INDE X.

The Roman Numerals refer to the Volume,
and the Figures to the Page.

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ABERBROTHICK, account of the town of, x. 322. Of the ruins of the monaftery there, 324.

Aberdeen, account of, x. 327. Dr. Johnson meets with an old acquaintance, Sir Alexander Gordon, there, 327. Account of the King's College, 329. Account of the Marifchal College, 330. Account of the Library, 330. The course of education there, 331. Account of the English chapel, 332.

Abilities, the reward of, to be accepted when offered, and not fought for in another place, exemplified in the ftory of Gelaleddin of Baffora, viii. 300.

Abouzaid, the dying advice of Morad his father to him, vii. 289.
Abfence, a destroyer of friendfhip, viii. 90.

Aby finia, preface to the tranflation of Father Lobo's voyage to, ix. 431.
Academical education, one of Milton's objections to it, ii. 88.

Acaftus, an inftance of the commanding influence of curiofity, vii. 60. Achilles, his addrefs to a Grecian prince fupplicating life, improper for a picture, viii. 180.

Action (dramatick), the laws of it flated and remarked, vii. 97. Action (exercile), neceffary to the health of the body, and the vigour of the mind, vi. 81.87. The fource of cheerfulness and vivacity, 86. Action (in oratory), the want of, confidered, viii. 361. Tends to no good in any part of oratory, 362.

Actions, every man the beft relater of his own, viii. 259. The injuftice of judging of them by the event, ix. 83.

Adams Parjon, of Fielding, not Edward but William Young, iv.

272.

Addifon, Jofeph, fuppofed to have taken the plan of his Dialogues on Medals from Dryden's Effay on Dramatick Poetry, ii. 315. His life, iii. 41. Born at Milton, in Wiltshire, May 1, 1672, 41. The various schools at which he received inftruction, 41. Cultivates an early friendship with Steele, 42. Lends 100l. to Steele, and reclaims it by an execution, 43. Entered at Oxford, 1687, 43• Account of his Latin poems, 44. Account of his English poems,

44. On being introduced by Congreve to Mr. Montague, becomes
a courtier, 46. Obtains a penfion of 300l. a year, that he might
be enabled to travel, 46. Publishes his travels, 47. Succeeds Mr.
Locke as Commiffioner of Appeals, as a reward for his poem The
Battle of Blenheim, 48. Went to Hanover with Lord Halifax, 48.
Made Under-fecretary of State, 48. Writes the opera of Rosa-
mond, 49.
Aflifts Steele in writing the Tender Hufband, 49.
Goes to Ireland with Lord Wharton as Secretary, 49. Made Keeper
of the Records in Birminghan.'s Tower, 49. The oppofite characters
of him and Wharton, 50. His reason for refolving not to remit
any fees to his friends. 50. Wrote in the Tatler, 51. Wrote in
the Spectators. 51. His tragedy of Cato brought on the stage, and
fupported both by the Whigs and Tories, 57. 59. Cato warmly
attacked by Dennis, 59. Other honours and enmities fhewed to
Cato, 60. Cato tranflated both into Italian and Latin, 60. Writes
in the Guardian, 61. His fignature in the Spectator and Guardian,
62. Declared by Steele to have been the author of the Drummer,
with the flory on which that comedy is founded, 62. Wrote feveral
political pamphlets, 63. Appointed Secretary to the Regency, 65.
In 1715 publishes the Freeholder, 65. Marries the Countess of
Warwick, Aug. 2, 1716, 66. Secretary of State, 1717, but unfit
for the place, and therefore refigns it, 67. Sir J. Hawkins's De-
fence of the character he had given of Addison in his History of
Mufick against the author of the Biog. Brit. 67. 72. Purposes
writing a tragedy on the death of Socrates, 72. Engages in his
Defence of the Chriftian Religion, 73. Had a defign of writing an
English dictionary, 73. His controverfy with Steele on the Peerage
Bill, 74. During his laft illnels fends for Gay, informs him that he
had injured him, and promiles, if he recovered, to recompenfe him,
77. Sends for the young Earl of Warwick, that he might fee how
a Chriftian ought to die, 78. Died June 17, 171, 78. His cha-
racter, 78. The courfe of his familiar day, 81. His literary cha-
racter, 84. Account of his works, 85. Extracts from Dennis's
Obfervations on Cato, 91. Confidered as a critick, 107. Com-
mended as a teacher of wildom, 110. Character of his profe works,
110. Example of his difinterested conduct in difpofing of places,
111. A converfation with Pope on Tickell's tranflation of Homer,
233. Becomes a rival of Pope, iv. 39. Suppofed to have been the
tranflator of the Iliad, published under the name Tickell, 43. His
critical capacity remarked, vi. 91. 140. 143. Obfervations on his
tragedy of Cato, ix. 267. Described in the affembly of bards, xi.
183.

Admiration, and ignorance, their mutual and reciprocal operation, vi.
25.

No. xcv. 77.

No. 1. 20.
No. Ixxxiv.

No. xcix. 83.

Adventurer, No. xxxiv. ix. 1. No. xli. 8. No. xlv. 14.
No. liii. 26. No. lviii. 32. No. Ixii. 39 No. Ixix. 47.
54. No. lxxxv. 61. No. xcii. 68.
No. cii. 9o. No. cvii. 97. No, cviii. 103. No. cxi. 109. No. cxv.
116. No. cxix. 123. No. cxx. 129. No. cxxvi. 135. No. cxxxi.
142. No. cxxxvii. 149. No. cxxxviii. 156.

Adverfaries, the advantage of contending with illußrious ones, iv. 501.

Adverfity,

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