on the award of wisdom or virtue; but is governed solely by the revolutions of mortal things*."'

"I was angry and disappointed, that I had yet seen none of my countrymen, when the trumpet sounded, and I beheld a figure entering from one of the upper gates, with a red cross upon her shield, leading a venerable man in the decline of life. I remembered the face of SIR ISAAC NEWTON. He advanced in a very composed manner, without speaking a word, or seeming to take notice of the acclamations, which came from every part of the temple.

"All eyes were fixed upon him, and all were proud, that they had seen him: yet I observed a man at the French gate, dressed in a very gaudy, fantastic habit, who repined bitterly, that his place was taken from him; while the guardian deity of its nation seemed to be musing upon a thousand schemes how to regain it.

* "Fame is not determined, nor is it ever determinable, by a right judgment of men and things. A conqueror of kingdoms, who puts thousands to death, and reduces ten times their number to poverty and want, rises so high in fame, that the remotest posterity never mention his name, but with admiration and rapture. The generality of the world cannot distinguish accurately between splendour and greatness; and, therefore, the plurality of the voices would, doubtless, be in favour of military heroes."-Tatler, No. 81. note.

"The opinions, declared in this paper, are not opinions of characters, but opinions of reputations; the decisions are not with regard to merit, but with regard to fame, and the refusal of the one is no denial of the other."-Ibid.

There was a man, too, who advanced impudently from the German gate; and would have driven Newton, by force, from his seat. He was a very odd figure, with a nightcap on his head, a mathematical diagram in one hand, and a bottle of Rhenish in the other. The goddess ordered him to be chastised for a robber, and turned out with infamy.

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"At the next trumpet, the gay lady, whose robes were flowered with lilies, left her favourite, DESCARTES, about whom, till that moment, she had been so solicitous, and turned to introduce a tall, graceful man, who walked along in a full-bottomed wig, with infinite selfapplause. When he saw Leo, he made a very complaisant bow; yet, as Shakspeare says, he quenched his familiar smile, with an austere regard of control. I suppose it was LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH, and complained to my guide, that such a man should be so honoured. 'Have patience,' said he; meet me here a hundred years hence, and you shall see the goddess order him underground, to the house of Evil Fame. At present she must have her way. Look round, and see if you are better satisfied with him, who comes next.' I saw a composed matron-like figure bring in a man in armour, with signs of the highest veneration and gratitude. 6 That,' said my conductor, is WILLIAM I., PRINCE OF ORANGE; a name, that must be venerable upon your globe, as long as public virtue is remembered among you; and of this divine man, I can prophesy, that he will never lose his place. The youth, who is now entering, will, perhaps, give you more pleasure; and indeed though his merits and actions are not of so

high a kind, yet his virtue shone, perhaps, in a more severe trial, in a course of uninterrupted prosperity; so that if his times had given him an opportunity, he was equal to any thing, which can be acted by a man and a soldier.'

"I looked around, and beheld, from the English gate, a young man in armour, with a spear of ebony, and beautiful as Raphael or Milton could imagine. You need not,' said I, tell me who this is: I see the motto of Wales on his shield, and the sable spear in his hand, which has rendered the name of EDWARD, or of PLANTAGENET, useless. All hail! thou blameless ornament of my native country.' I was going on in a kind of enthusiasm, when my conductor checked me, and bade me take notice of the next, who entered. I found a greater noise and disorder, than I had observed before. Germany and Spain had joined to introduce a coarse, robust man; and France endeavoured to place before him a tall, majestic person, with a crown on his head, who looked upon his antagonist with an air of reproach and disdain. This was FRANCIS I. However, his opponent got the better, and took his place accordingly. By the imperial eagle, which he wore on his breast, I supposed it to be CHARLES V. At sitting down, he laughed at his adversary—' and,' says he,' if I must have given way, it should never have been to that doubty, romantic knight, my prisoner; but to this great man, who gave me immortality,' pointing to Titian, who stood in the crowd of his attendants.

"The next person, that entered, was dressed in a morning gown, and ushered in by the Lady of the Red

Cross. He had no symbol nor instrument in his hand; but shewed a very thoughtful and penetrating countenance. He walked up in profound silence, and made no return, but a look of grave displeasure, to the salutation of his next neighbour. However, he took very respectful notice of some at the table; particularly of Columbus and Newton. Leo seemed afraid of him; Luther made him a very gracious bow, and would have been extremely intimate with him; but received a cold and forbidding frown. By this account of him, the reader will know as well as I did, who saw what passed, that this was LOCKE. The next entrance was made from the Italian gate, and there appeared a thin, meagre man, whose countenance expressed great pain and dejection of spirit, as if he had been worn out by famine and torture. He held in his hand a telescope; and my conductor told me it was GALILEO, whose face retained indelible marks of the blind, brutal, zeal of his ghostly tormentors.

"He sat down by Locke, who seemed infinitely pleased with his company; and told him that he had been endeavouring to cure mankind of that stupid reverence for ruffians and murderers, who masked their inhumanity with the name of religion.

"After the next trumpet there was a long pause, and nobody appeared. I heard a great bustle at the German gate. The goddess asked what was the matter. The robust German tutelary made answer, that she was introducing one, who, if useful discoveries could challenge respect in that place, was, perhaps, entitled to the highest seat. Immediately I heard words of a very

rough sound. Guttenberg, Fust, Mentz, Strasburgh! I then understood that the crowd of Germans, at that gate, were disputing which of them should enter as the discoverer of printing. The contest continued a long time, and grew still more violent, upon which the goddess spoke out, that when they could agree about the inventor, she would frankly allow his claim; but that, till then, she would put in his place one, whose merit and whose glory was now unquestionably established, after as great disputes about it, as had ever divided her subjects.

Upon this she made a sign to the red-cross lady, who accordingly introduced a venerable old man, whom I did not at all know. He was attended by a female figure with a patera in her hand, resembling the ancient figures of Salus. I was surprised at the sight of an English worthy, with whom I was not acquainted; but my guide informed me, that his name was HARVEY ; ' and see,' says he, how enviously those other tutelar genii regard him;' pointing to France and Italy.

"The trumpet again sounded, and the guardian of Italy moved. As soon as she returned, there was a confused noise of Evil Fame! and downward with him! a great herd of priests and monks, and prime ministers, joined in the cry; and amongst them there was a young man, with a crown on his head, who made the loudest noise, and who assured the goddess of Fame, that the person coming in was an abandoned profligate, and that he himself had a much better title to the next vacant seat.

"The goddess looked on him with great contempt,