AT the fuggeftion of the ingenious Dr. John Hoadly, Mr. Hawkins Brown wrote fix little poems, entitled, A Pipe of Tobacco, in imitation of fix late English poets, Cibber, Philips, Thomfon, Young, Pope, Swift. The fecond was written by Dr. Hoadly himself. The two beft of thefe imitations are that of Young and Pope, whofe manner is exactly characterized. Mr. Hawkins Brown, by his admirable Latin Poem on the Immortality of the Soul, fhewed he had a genius far above these pleasantries. Dr. Hoadly once fhewed me a new Rehearsal, being a comedy written by himself and his brother, the Author of the Sufpicious Husband, to ridicule feveral modern tragedies. I remember they were particularly fevere on the Saguntum of Frowde and the Sophonisba of Thomson. IMITATIONS OF ENGLISH POETS. I. CHAUCER. W OMEN ben full of Ragerie, Yet fwinken nat fans fecrefie. 5 10 They afken that, and talken this, 15 "Lo here is Coz, and here is Mifs." But, as he glozeth with Speeches foote, T 2 20 Te-he, |