SELECTED FROM
THE WORKS OF FEYJOO,
AND
TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH,
BY
JOHN BRETT, ESQ.
VOLUME THE SECOND.
LONDON:
Printed for the Translator:
Sold by H. PAYNE, Pall-Mall;C. DILLY, in the Poultry;and T. EVANS, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXX.
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| The Balance of Astrea; or, Upright Administration of Justice. | Page 1 |
| On the Impunity of Lying. | p. 41 |
| On the Love of our Country, and National Prejudice or Prepossession. | p. 66 |
| On True and False Urbanity. | p. 109 |
| A Defence or Vindication of the Women. | p. 189 |
| On Church Music. | p. 313 |
| The Wonderful Effects of Music, and a comparison of the Antient with the Modern. | p. 357 |
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In a Letter from an Old Judge, to his Sonwho was newly raised to the Bench.
I. I do not know, my Son, whether to congratulate or condole withyou on the information you give me, of his Majesty having honouredyou with a Judge’s robe. I contemplate you as placed in a state ofslavery, which, although it is an honourable one, must always remainand continue a slavery. Already you are neither mine nor your own, butbelong to the public at large. The obligations of this charge shouldnot only emancipate you from your father, but detach you[Pg 2] from yourselfalso. There is an end of your considering your convenience, yourhealth, or your ease; and you have only now to attend to the dutiesand discharge of your conscience; you should look upon your own goodas a foreign concern, and regard that of the public as your own. Youare already divested of neighbours, friends, or kindred; you have nocountry, and must have no regard for the tyes of flesh and blood. Doyou think I mean to say, you should cease to be a man? No, certainly;but I would have it understood, that the affections of the