LTHOUGH the reign of queen Anne was that of genius with respect to poets and polite writers, yet it was no less distinguished for authors of deep penetration, solid judgement, and sound and extensive learning. The powers of the human mind were fully and freely exercised. Many distinguished themselves as profound philosophers, and eminent divines. To this period we may refer Locke and Bentley, Beveridge and South, Flamsteed and Halley, Wallis and sir Christopher Wren, with a multitude of others, whose names can never be forgotten by the country to which, by their exertions, their works, and their writings, they did so much honour.
Locke, the immortal Locke, shone forth as the great restorer of Human Reason. Among the moderns who have renounced implicit respect for ancient authority, and, upon the plan of gathering wisdom from every quarter, have attempted to enlarge the boundaries of knowledge, besides those who b