ANOTHER biograph garth deftroyed the p called the prints; then of what date? and w

ever thrown upon co public eye?

As to the date, we 1734, the period at engaged with his fon, from his travels, in w on Milton.

As to the print havin but little doubt, as we feen more than one othe original, now before us, the first that was discov mous fum of fourteen ] THE following anecd duction was given me b fon to the painter, v club held at Old Slat St. Martin's Lane. 7 of many respectable lit

upwards of fifty. The heads in the sketch are very highly finished; and there can be very little doubt of the likeness of that Prince of Orators, who made so much noife about that period.

As I do not remember to have seen a real portrait of him, this print, it is prefumed, will not prove unacceptable to the curious in portraits. The mother of the child, from her beauty and fimplicity, feems to have rivetted the attention of the parfon beyond the gravity of his facred character; nor does the puritanical clerk appear to be less enraptured; but, whether with the maid or mistress, is not easy to determine. A print on this fubject was engraved in mezzotinto by John Simpson, junior, which we have before mentioned as a very indifferent production. In that print there are many more figures than in the fketch annexed. Whether it was done from a picture, or drawing of Hogarth we cannot afcertain, no original defign having fallen within our knowledge but the one here introduced. In the print by Simpson, the ora

tor's

tor's head is a vile caricature, and totally unlike the preceding sketch; the head of the clerk is ftill worse. Some lines are added under this print, from which however I fhall felect a few ftanzas, as they apply to the subject before us.

"Behold Vilaria lately brought to bed,
"Her cheeks now ftrangers to their rofy red,
"Languid her eyes, yet lovely she appears!

"The pamper'd prieft, on whose extended arms
"The female infant lies: with budding charms,
"Seeming to ask the name, e'er he'll baptise,
"Cafts at the handsome wife his wanton eyes.
"Behind him ftands the clerk, on whofe
"Sleek Abigail cannot forbear to gaze;
"But mafter without thought-poor harmless child;
"Has on the floor the holy water spill'd ;

grave

face

"One guest enquires the parfon's name-fays Friendly, "Why don't you know, Sir? 'tis Hyp* Doctor Henly.

THIS fingular character, John Henly, was born at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, in 1691; of which parish his father and grand

* Alluding to a weekly paper published by the Orator, for which he had a salary of 100l. a year.

father

father were both vicars. Having paffed his exercises at Cambridge, he returned to his native place; and, from an affiftant, became mafter of the school there; which he raised from an obfcure to a flourishing state. Here he obtained much applause, from his mode of improving elocution, by public orations, and repeating paffages from the Claffics, every morning and evening. He likewife begun here his Univerfal Grammar, in which he completed ten languages, with a proper introduction to every tongue. The eccentricity of his mind did not, however, fuffer him to remain long in this ftate of retirement; for, after having obtained his degree of Master of Arts, he formed a speedy resolution of visiting London; and, as he fays, " left the fields and "fwains of Arcadia to vifit the great city," which he accomplished; and quitted his native place with the regret of his neighbours and school; as appears from his departure being accompanied with letters of recommendation, both from the clergy and laity of the first confequence. In London he published some translations from

Pliny, the Abbé Vertot, Montfaucon, &c. and had, for his patron, the Earl of Macclesfield; from whom he had a benefice of eighty pounds.

a year.

He had befides a lectureship in the city, where he frequently preached charity sermons, obtained more relief for the poor, and was, perhaps, more generally followed than any preacher of his time.

THESE advantages he voluntarily gave up, chufing rather to rely on the public, as the more hofpitable protector of learning and "science than some of the upper world, in his

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own order." His addreffes to the public were commenced at his Oratory Chapel in Portsmouth Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; where fometimes he broke jefts, and fometimes that bread which he called the Primitive Eucharift. The room that was his chapel is yet ftanding, and is used as a ware room for upholstery goods. There he lectured two days in the week upon theology; and on one other day, Wednesday, upon other fciences.

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