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After his death, were published three small volumes of his posthumous works: I know not by whom collected, or by what authority ascertained ; and, lately, two volumes more have been printed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester, indubitably genuine. From none of these pieces can his life be traced, or his character discovered. Some verses, in the last collection, shew him to have been among those who ridiculed the institution of the Royal Society, of which the enemies were for some time very nu- Rh