[46] The pictures were, the Parnassus of Raphael--and the school of Athens, which is a most glorious performance, and worthy the hand of a divinity--The first is in the hall of Constantine at Rome, and contains no less than twenty-eight figures--two of which in particular, the one representing Justice, and the other Meekness, are incomparable--They were the last things he executed before his death--They contain all that is excellent in painting, whether we consider them in the beauty of the composition, the noble gracefulness of the characters, the uncommon greatness of the style of the draperies, or the wonderful force of colouring, light, and shade. [47] He was sent over as Ambassador extraordinary to France on the King's restoration. He was received at that court with great distinction; which seldom considers more than the external appearance. His Grace possessed _all the graces_. Lewis XIV, then in the flower of his age, said he was the only _English_ gentleman he had ever seen. [48] Deities interfere when they please--unseen by mortals! [49] I Corinthians chap. i. v. 26. [50] A concert established there in 1776. [51] Horace, lib. ii. ode 14. [52] Alludes to a circumstance that passed in the house of commons. [53] _The narrow-house_, the grave. [54] _Col-amon_, a narrow river. [55] _Moina_, a woman soft in temper. [56] _Crimona_, a woman with a great soul. [57] Ossian is sometimes poetically called Conna. [58] _Canna_, a sort of down, like, but whiter and shorter than cotton; it is very common on the hills of the highlands. They have attempted to spin it, but it was either too short, or the fingers that made the experiment too indelicate--Nothing can exceed the purity of its whiteness. [59] _Fuar-Bhean_, cold mountains. [60] Livy has justly raised the praise of Scipio, who restored to her lover the Celtiberian captive; which has been the favourite topic of eloquence in every age and every country. The author cannot think it merited such commendation, as to have acted otherwise would have been mere brutality--but if granted so liberally to Scipio, it cannot be refused to Ossian. [61] Cathmor is represented in Ossian's poems, as lying down beside a river to have the sound of his praises lost in that of a water-fall. [62] The Highlanders are peculiarly intelligent in understanding the virtue of plants in curing wounds--The regularity of their lives precludes all diseases, such as are incident to old age excepted. [63] Tonthormid was supposed wounded by Ossian. [64] In the years 1759 and 1760, when we were at war with France, there were but twenty-nine criminals who suffered at Tyburn. In the years 1770 and 1771, when we were at peace with all the world, the criminals condemned amounted to one hundred and fifty-one. [65] Who opposed a licensed theatre there last year. List of corrections Page 7: Inserted single quotation mark But,' said she