Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

every reader of his former productions; and a man whose decision, in the language of Heraclitus original: "Εις εμοι ανδρωπος τρισμυριοι." (One man to me is worth ten thousand.), he considers as equivalent to that of a countless multitude.

The Creed of the Platonic Philosopher is added for the purpose of presenting the intelligent reader with a synoptical view of that sublime theology which was first obscurely promulgated by Orpheus, Pythagoras, and Plato, and was afterwards clearly unfolded by their legitimate disciples; a theology which, however it may be involved in oblivion in barbarous ages, and derided in impious ones, will again flourish for very extended periods, through all the infinite revolutions of time. The reader who wishes to have a more ample view of it may peruse the author's Introduction to his translation of Plato, from which the whole of this Creed is nearly extracted.

The Panegyric on Sydenham Floyer Sydenham (1710–1787), a scholar whose poverty and death motivated Taylor to promote his work., and the other poetical pieces, were added at the request of the gentleman already alluded to,