very much in his power to introduce a systematical reform, which, once established, would remain unvaryed and invariable as long as the language endureed. This Dr. Johnson might have had the honour of; but, learned and eloquent as he was, I must be permited to think that a profound knowledge of the etymology, principles, and formation of the language he undertook to explain, was not in the number of those many excellencys for which he will be long and deserveedly admireed. RITSON. THE END OF THE FOURTH VOLUME: |