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and placing himself upon the floor of the theatre, juft in front of the mufic-gallery, called out in a moft audible voice, imitating Heidegger, damned them for blockheads, had he not juft told them to play "Charly over the Water?" A pause enfued; the muficians, who knew his character, in their turn thought him either drunk or mad; but, as he continued his vociferation," Charly" was played again. At this repetition of the fuppofed affront, fome of the officers of the guards, who always attended upon thefe occafions, were for ascending the gallery, and kicking the musicians out; but the late duke of Cumberland, who could hardly contain himself, interpofed. The company were thrown into great confufion. "Shame! Shame !" refounded from all parts, and Heidegger once more flew in a violent rage to that part of the theatre facing the gallery. Here the duke of Montagu, artfully addreffing himself to him, told him," the king was in a violent "paffion; that his best way was to go inftantly and make an "apology, for certainly the mufic were mad, and afterwards "to discharge them." Almoft at the fame inftant, he ordered the falfe Heidegger to do the fame. The fcene now became truly comic in the circle before the king. Heidegger had no fooner made a genteel apology for the infolence of his muficians, but the falfe Heidegger advanced, and, in a plaintive tone, cried out, "Indeed, Sire, it was not my fault, "but that devil's in my likeness." Poor Heidegger turned round, ftared, staggered, grew pale, and could not utter a word. The duke then humanely whispered in his ear the fum of his plot, and the counterfeit was ordered to take off his mask. Here ended the frolic; but Heidegger swore he would never attend any public amufement, if that witch the wax-work woman did not break the mould, and melt down the mask before his face [H].

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racter for the Swifs, and appealed to himfelf for the truth of "I was born a Swifs," faid he, "and came to England "without a farthing, where I have found means to gain "500pl. a year, and to spend it. Now I defy the most able Englishman to go to Switzerland, and either to gain that "income, or to fpend it there." He died Sept. 4, 1749, at the advanced age of 90 years, at his houfe at Richmond in Surrey, where he was buried. He left behind him one natural daughter, Mifs Pappet, who was married Sept. 2, 1750, to captain (afterwards Sir Peter) Denis [1]. Part of this lady's fortune was a houfe at the north weft corner of Queen-fquare, Ormond-street, which Sir Peter afterwards fold to the late. Dr. Campbell, and purchafed a feat in Kent, pleasantly fituated near Weftram, then called Valence, but now (by its prefent proprietor, the earl of Hillsborough) Hill Park.

[B] Who died June 12, 1778, being then vice-adıniral of the red. Memoirs of him in Gent. Mag. 1780, p. 268.

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HEINECCIUS (JOHN-GOTLIER), a German lawyer, was born at Eifemberg in 1681, and trained in the ftudy of philofophy and law. He became profeffor of philofophy at Hall in 1710, and of law in 1721, with the title of counsellor. In 1724, he was invited to Francker; and, three years after, the king of Pruffia influenced him to accept the law-profeffor fhip at Francfort upon the Oder. Here he continued till 17339 when the fame prince almoft forced him to refume the chair at Hall, where he remained till his death in 1741, although he had ftrong invitations from Denmark, Holland, &c [A].

HEINSIUS (DANIEL), a very ingenious and learned Jugerens man, profeffor of politics and hiftory at Leyden, and also lides Sçavans, brarian of the univerfity there, was born at Gand in Flanpaffim. ders, May 1580, of an illuftrious family, who had poffeffed the first places in the magistracy of that town, He was toffed a good deal about in the younger part of his life. began his ftudies at the Hague, and afterwards went with his parents into Zeland, where he was inftructed in polite literature and philofophy. He comprehended very well the prin

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"hiftoria Philofophica." This is reckoned a good abridgement of logic and morality. 4. "Hiftoria Juris Civilis, "Romani ac Germanici." 5." Ele"menta Juris Nature & Gentium." And feveral academic differtations upon various fubjects.

ciples of morality and politics, but did not relifh logic, and had an unconquerable avérfion to grammar. He discovered early a ftrong propenfity to poetry, and began to make verses, before he knew any thing of profody or the rules of art. He compofed a regular elegy, at ten years of age, upon the death of a play-fellow; and there are feveral epigrams and little poems of his, which were written when he was not above 12, and fhew a greal deal of genius and facility in that

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He is reprefented however as having been a very idle boy, and not likely to make any progrefs in Greek and Latin learning; on which account his father fent him, at 14 years of age, to ftudy the law at the univerfity of Franeker. But, as if he had been influenced by a fpirit of contradiction, now nothing would go down but claffics; and he applied himself as obftinately to Greek and Latin authors here, as he had refused to look into them in Zeland. Afterwards he removed to Leyden, where he became a scholar of Jofeph Scaliger; and he is obliged to the encouragement and care of this great man for that perfection to which he afterwards arrived in literature, and which at the beginning of his life there was fo little reafon to expect from him. He published an edition of Silius Italicus" in 1600: and he added to it notes of his own, which he called "Crepundia Siliana," to fhew that they were written when he was extremely young. He was made Greek profeffor at 18, and afterwards fucceeded Scaliger in the profefforship of politics and hiftory. When he was made librarian to the univerfity, he pronounced a Latin oration, afterwards published, in which he defcribed the duties of a librarian, and the good order and condition that a library fhould be kept in. He died Feb. 25, 1655, after having done great honour to himself and country by various works of parts and learning. He diftinguished himself as a critic by his labours upon Silius Italicus, Theocritus, Hefiod, Seneca, Homer, Hefychius, Theophraftus, Clemens Alexandrinus, Ovid, Livy, Terence, Horace, Prudentius, Maximus Tyrius, &c. He publifhed two treatises "De Satyra Ho"ratiana," which Balzac affirms to be mafter-pieces in their way. He wrote poems in various languages, which have been often printed, and always admired. He was the author of feveral profe works, fome of which were written in an humorous and fatyrical manner; as "Laus Afini,” “Laus Pediculi," &c.

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him the ornament of the Mufes and the Graces. Caufabort admires him equally for his parts and learning. Pareus calls him the Varro of his age. Barthius tanks him with the firft writers. Bochart pronounces him a truly great and learned man; and Selden speaks of him, as tam feveriorum quam "amœniorum literarum fol;" a light to guide us in our gay Blount de as well as fevere purfuits in letters. Some however have thorum. thought, that he was not fo well formed for criticism, and Le Clerc, in his account of the Amfterdam edition of Bentley's "Horace," has the following paflage: "Daniel Hein"fius," fays he, "was doubtless a learned man, and had...... "fpent his life in the ftudy of criticism. Yet, if we may "judge by his Horace, he was by no means happy in his "conjectures, of which our author Bentley has admitted 66 only one, if my memory does not deceive me; for I can "not recollect the place where he paffes this judgement of "Daniel Heinfius. But he fpeaks much more advantageBibl. Choif. oufly of his fon Nicolas Heinfius; who, though not fo "learned a man as his father, had yet a better taste for cri❝ticifm."

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We must not forget to obferve, that Daniel Heinfius was highly honoured abroad as well as at home; and received uncommon marks of refpect from foreign potentates. Guf tavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, gave him a place among his counfellors of ftate: the republic of Venice made him a knight of their order of St. Mark: and Pope Urban VIII, was such an admirer of his fine parts and confummate learning, that he made him great offers, if he would come to Rome; "to rescue that city from barbarism," as the pontiff is faid to have expreffed himself.

HEINSIUS (NICOLAS), the son of Daniel, was born at Leyden in 1620, and became as great a Latin poct, and a greater critic than his father. His poems have been feveral times printed but the best edition is that of Amsterdam, 1666. Some have admired them so much, as to think him worthy to be called "The Swan of Holland." He wrote notes upon, and gave editions of, Virgil, Ovid, Valerius Flaccus, Claudian, Prudentius, &c. Bentley, in a note upon Horace, 2 Sat. vi. 108. calls his edition of Virgil "editio caftigatiffima." His Claudian is dedicated in a Latin poem to Chriftina queen of Sweden; and his Ovid to Thuanus. At his death, which happened at the Hague in 1681, he difowned all his works; and expreffed the utmost regret at having left behind him fo many " Monuments of

"his vanity," as he called them. Nicolas Heinfius was as much distinguished by his great employments in the ftate, as he was by his parts and learning. All the learned of his time fpeak well of him; and he is represented as having been poffeffed of good qualities as well as great ones.

HELIODORUS, a native of Emefla in Phoenicia, and bishop of Tricca in Theffaly, flourished in the reigns of Theodofius and Arcadius towards the end of the fourth century. In his youth he wrote a romance, by which he is now better known, than by his bishopric of Tricca, to which he was afterwards promoted. It is intituled, "Ethiopics," and relates the amours of Theagenes and Chariclea, in ten books. The learned Huetius is of opinion, that Heliodorus was among the romance-writers, what Homer was among De origin. the poets; that is, we fuppofe, the fource and model of an manens,

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infinite number of romances, all inferior to his own. The P. 381. first edition of it was printed at Bafil, 1533, with a dedication prefixed to the fenate of Nuremberg by Vincentius Opfopeus; who informs us, that a foldier preferved the MS. of it when the library of Buda was plundered. Bourdelot's notes upon this romance are very learned; and were printed at Paris, 1619, with Heliodorus's Greek original, and a Latin tranflation, published by Stanislaus Warszewicki, a Polish knight, with the Greek, at Bafil, 1551. There has gone a rumour, that a provincial fynod, being fenfible how dangerous the reading of Heliodorus's " Ethiopics" was, to which the author's rank was fuppofed to add great authority, required of the bishop, that he should either burn the book, or refign his dignity; and that the bishop chose the latter. But this story is thought to be entirely fabulous; as depending only upon the fingle teftimony of Nicephorus, an ec- Hift. Eccl. clefiaftical hiftorian of great credulity and judgement: not 1. xii. c. 34. to mention, how difficult it is fuppofe, that Socrates should omit fo memorable a circumftance in the paffage; where he obferves, that Heliodorus " wrote a love-tale in his youth, "which he intituled Æthiopics." Valefius, in his notes Hist. Ecel. upon this paffage, does not only reject Nicephorus's account ↳. v. c. 22. as a mere fable, but feems inclined to think, that the romance itself was not written by Heliodorus bishop of Tricof which, however, Huetius does not doubt in the leaft. Some have fancied, as Opfopæus and Melanthon, that this romance was in reality a true hiftory; but Fabricius thinks Biblioth. this as incredible, as that Heliodorus, according to others, Græc. Tom. VI. p. 472. wrote it originally in the Ethiopic tongue. Some again have

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