Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . those who receive them. The clergy of that country, how-ever (and they are now numerous who favor the cause of the New Church),preach the doctrines as far as they find it prudent so to do ; and of late yearsthe new faith has made considerable progress in both England and America,comprising among its followers some of the most gifted i
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . those who receive them. The clergy of that country, how-ever (and they are now numerous who favor the cause of the New Church),preach the doctrines as far as they find it prudent so to do ; and of late yearsthe new faith has made considerable progress in both England and America,comprising among its followers some of the most gifted intellects and ripestscholars of the age. On the death of Swedenborg, which took place in London, in 1772, at theage of eighty-four, a eulogy was pronounced in honor of his memory in thehouse of nobles of Sweden, by S. Sandal, in the name of the Royal Academyof Sciences of Stockholm. His theological works, as translated into English,equal about twenty-seven volumes octavo, of from four hundred to five hundredpages each. He was simple and unaffected in his manners, and very abstemi-ous in his diet, in the latter years of his life (while in a trance or state of spir-itual ecstasy) passing whole days together with no nourishment but coffee 238 ALEXANDER ALEXANDER POPE. ALEXANDER POPE, an illustrious English poet, was born June 8th, 1688, inLondon, where his father was a hatter. He was sent to a catholic school nearWinchester, and then removed to a seminary near Hyde-park corner. At theage of twelve, he went to live with his parents at Binfield, in Windsor forest,and first discovered his taste for poetry by reading Ogilbys Virgil, and SandysOvid; but the writings of Spencer, Waller, and Dryden, now became his favor-ite employment. He early began to try his strength in poetry, and it is said,that at the age of ten, he converted some of the stories of Homer into a play,which his schoolfellows acted, with the assistance of his masters gardener,who undertook the part of Ajax. His
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