“A perusal of [Alexander] Pope’s (1688‒1744) Messiah,¹ in which many of the expressions are taken, word for word, from the book of Holy Writ, will convince any reader of the influence which has been exercised by it upon this poet. We have the authority of Mr. [Joseph] Addison (1672‒1719) himself for the assertion, that he was fully sensible of the beauties of the English translation. ‘Our language,’ says the writer, in the 405th Number of the _Spectator_, ‘has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from the infusion of Hebraisms which are derived to it out of the poetical passages of Holy Writ; ――they give a force and energy to our expression, warm and animate our language, and convey our thought in more ardent and intense phrases than any that are to be met with in our own tongue.’ Addison was the founder of that pure, classical, and polished style which has, ever since the publication of the _Spectator_, been considered as the _ne plus ultra_ of that manner of writing. Knowing then, as we do, the sentiments of this accomplished writer, it is not to be supposed that he would, in the formation of his own style, have neglected to borrow largely from that which he praised so much; and thus it appears probable that the translation, throughout in this case itself a direct agent, has yet exercised a beneficial influence upon the prose even of modern writers....” ¹ A sacred pastoral first published in the _Spectator_, May 14th, 1712. It has also been translated into _Hebrew_:―― Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue. By Pope. הַמָּשִׁיחַ שִׁירַת הָרֹעִים׃ By Stanilaus Hoga. London:... MDCCCXXXVII. (Sm. 8º. 8 _ll._, in printed wrapper.) The translator had been a Government Censor of the _Hebrew_ press in Russia. On coming to London, he came under the influence of the Rev. Alexander McCaul (Father-in-law of James Finn, the British Consul at _Jerusalem_), who induced him to become an apostate. They co-operated in the production of “The Old Paths” ... London:... 1836‒1837, which Hoga translated into _Hebrew_. He died repentant about the end of the year 1849. The _Hebrew_ translation he had made of “The Old Paths,” entitled נתיבות עולם was not published until 1851. (“The evil that men do lives after them;...”) “In the poems of [James] Thomson (1700‒1748) there are a few passages for which he was, probably, in some measure, indebted to the Bible Translation――....” “In the writings of [Edward] Young (1683‒1765), many expressions may be found indebted for the idea or manner of expression to Scripture. In his paraphrase of the Book of Job, one of his earlier works, first published in 1719.” “In the _Night Thoughts_,¹ traces of Biblical influence are not so traceable, but it is probable that they exist....” ¹ The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality.... London:... 1742.... (Fol. 20 _pp._)