duce the applause of his audience, by artful arguments and pathetic images: his elocution was foft and infinuating: he endeavoured to please, in order to perfuade. Caius was more open, bold, and impetuous. He poffeffed an irresistible energy of eloquence, enforced with fublime strokes and daring metaphors, that aroufed, aftonifed, and fhook his hearers to the inmoft foul. It was the thunder of oratory, which levelled all oppofition with a feeming fupernatural power, flashing conviction on the sense, and exciting a mingled tranfport of reverence and terror *.

In his youth he had exercised the profeffion of arms ; and, had he profecuted that employment, would, in all probability, have rivalled the greatest commanders of the republic; for, with the most penetrating genius, he poffeffed the most active intrepidity. He was afterwards promoted to the poft of Quaftor, or Paymaster-General to the

* Ἐπεὶ δὲ ὥσπερ ἡ τῶν πλασσομένων καὶ γραφομενον, Διοσκέρων ὁμοιότης ἔχει τινὰ τῷ πυκλικῇ πρὸς τὸν δρομικὸν ἐπὶ τῆς μορφῆς διαφοράν, ὅτω των νεανίσκων ἐκείνων ἐν πολλῇ τῇ πρὸς ἀνδρείαν καὶ σωφροσύνην, ἔτι δὲ ἐλευθεριότητα και λογιότητα καὶ μεγαλοψυχίαν ἐμφερεία, μιγάλαι περὶ τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὰς πολιτείας οἷον ἐξηνθησαν καὶ διεφάνησαν ἀνομοιότητες· ε χεῖρον εἶναι μοι δοκεῖ ταύτας προεκθέσθαι. πρώτον μεν ἐν ἰδία προσώπε καὶ βλέμματι καὶ κινήματι προθ καὶ καταγηματικὸς ἦν ὁ Τιβέρια, ἔντονα δὲ καὶ σφοδρός

forces; an office which had proved a fource of opulence to almoft every perfon by whom it had been enjoyed. This he executed with the most punctual attention to the neceflities of the foldiery, and fuch difinterefled regard to the fevereft dictates of honour, as not only conciliated the warmest affection of the troops, but even infpired foreign potentates with admiration and esteem *.

COURAGE, moderation, liberality, public fpirit, and greatnefs of foul, were qualities which the Two Brothers held in common, with a glowing fenfe of friendship, and a philofophical contempt of pleasure. 1 hefe advantages were reinforced by a dignified air, an engaging countenance, and all thofe graces of nature which could ferve as a recommendation to fuch fuperlative merit +.

σφοδρὸς ὁ Γάϊα· ἔπειτα ὁ λογῷ τῷ μεν Γαΐε φοβερὸς καὶ περιπαθὴς εἰς δείνωσιν, ἡδίων δὲ ὁ το Τιβερία, καὶ μᾶλλον ἐπαγωγὸς οἴκλε· τῇ δὲ λέξει καθαρὸς καὶ διαπεπονημένω ἀκριβῶς ἐκεῖνΘ, ὁ δὲ Γαΐς, πιθανὸς καὶ γεγανωμένο. Vide Vertot's Revolution of Rome, lib. viii.

* Καὶ πρῶτον μέν ἐκ Λιβύης παρὰ Μικιψᾶ τῶ βασιλέως πρέσβεις παραγενομένες, καὶ λέγοντας ὡς ὁ βασιλεὺς χάριτο Γαϊο Γράκχοι πέμψειεν εἰς Σαρδόνα σῖτον τῷ τρατηγῷ, δυσχε ρεόνονες ἐξέβαλον.

+ The following Extraats from Dr. SMOLLETT'S DEDICATION of the BRITISH MAGAZINE to Mr. PITT

may ferve to complete the PARALLEL, which fome readers may perhaps think, would feem to conclude rather abruptly:

"Malice itself muft own, that whatever the warmest imagination could fuggest, whatever the fondest hope could presage, from your fublime talents and incorruptible integrity, hath been more than realized by your conduct, fince you charged yourself with the direction of public affairs.

"Endowed by nature with that vigour of mind which conftitutes the true bafis of magnanimity, and animated with such patriot zeal as would have dignified the first citizen of the Roman republic, you have restored your country to that rank which she ought to maintain among the nations. You have healed her divifions, abolished the diftinctions of party, and, by your own perfonal importance, united all your fellow sub. jects in one generous and hearty concurrence to support the dignity and profecute the true intereft of the Common-wealth.

"You have inspired our councils with courage, fortitude, and wisdom: you have directed our national efforts to the pursuit of true glory and infallible success. Under the aufpises of your Ministry, distinguished above all others for vigilance, steadiness, and forefight, our arms by fea and land are again accustomed to triumph: they have raised immortal trophies in the four divifions of the globe. Europe, Afia, Africa, and America, have in their turns beheld illustrious proofs of British valour; and Victory seems to have chosen her station between the knees of our aged Sovereign.

"Embellished with these great and glorious events, this period will, in the annals of Great Britain, fhine with unrivalled and unfading luftre. The administration of a PITT, fo dear to the present age, which fills our mouths with praise and our hearts with exultation, will become the historian's favourite æra, and prove, to latest posterity, a darling theme of admiration and applause.”

ESSAY "IL

MRAH, the fon of Abulfaid, of the feed of the faithful, native of the city of Bir, in the province of Diarbekr, or Algiezirah, fertilized by the waters of El-pharat *, being fired by the pride of youth, and ftimu ated by a thirst after knowledge, resolved to improve his mind by travelling into foreign countries. He accordingly mounted his camel, and departed with the caravan for Bafrah, where he arrived without accident, and made a confiderable purchase of the most beautiful pearls. Having thus far happily performed his journey, his heart panted with defire to vifit the imperial city of Baghdad, where he might be an eye-witness of the glory and magnificence that furrounded the perfon of the renowned khaliph Haroun al Rafchid, the fublime fucceffor of the Prophet, the emperor of the faithful, the rofe of delight, the steward of Paradife, the cherifher of merit, whose countenance fhone like the vifion

*The Euphrates is called by the natives El-pharat.

of Al Borak*, whose wings were perpetually dropping with the dews of liberality, and extended for fhelter to all the children of diftrefs.

OMRAH, elevated with fuccefs, and glowing with the reflection of his own importance, confidered through the medium of youthful vanity, fet out from Bafrah, without guide or company, and had already advanced as far as the delightful plains of Hella, within a day's journey of the great city. The fun had begun to gild the horizon; the heavens displayed an unclouded expanfe of blue ferenity; the fig-tree, the citron, the palm, and pomegranate, feemed to open their arms to welcome the new-born day; the verdant plants that adorn the banks of El-pharat, glitsered with the dew-drops of the morning; the young camel, the wanton fawn, the bounding antelope, and nimble zebra, sported along the meads, and every bufh refounded with the melody of the winged chorifters. Every thing concurred to fill the heart of our youth with gaiety and good-humour, and infpire his breast with that felf-confidence which never fails to darken the natural lights of fenfe and reafon. Here he

Al Borak, according to the Koran, was the beast that carried Mahomet to heaven. His face was like that of a man ; and his eyes fhone with as great a luftre as the stars would difplay, were they enlightened by the rays of the fun.

was