Art. XXXIX. [Review of] A Discourse on the Dignity and Excellence of the Human Character; illustrated in the Life of General George Washington, late Commander of the Armies, and President of the United States, in Commemoration of the afflicttive Event of his Death. Delivered February 22, 1800, in the Benevolent Congregational Church in Providence; and published by Request of that Society. By Enos Hitchcock, D.D. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 8vo. pp. 35. Providence. Carter, 1800 "d2251e172"

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Art. XXXIX.

A Discourse on the Dignity and Ex-
cellence of the Human Character;
illustrated in the Life of General

George Washington, late Com-
mander of the Armies, and Presi-
dent of the United States, in Com-
memoration of the afflictive Event
of his Death. Delivered Febru-
ary 22, 1800, in the Benevolent
Congregational Church in Provi-
dence; and published by Request
of that Society. By Enos Hitch-
cock, D. D. Member of the So-
ciety of the Cincinnati. 8vo. pp.
35. Providence. Carter. 1800.

NEAT language, and a correct
arrangement of sentences, ap-
pear to be the principal characteris-
tics of this composition. The style,
however, seems to want that grace-
ful simplicity and venerable air, so
highly becoming on an occasion
solemn and affecting.

If it never is ridiculous to com-
pare great things with small, then
we are not to laugh at the following
little comparison. “Washington,”
says the author, “in his retreat
through the Jerseys, was pursued
like a hunted hare by a large and
victorious army.”