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Show I « ] | tts's that have mined m the World of Letters, the Building of which is fo large and beautiful withal, that fcarce | anything of the kind can come up to it, and its Library | for length and ftatelmefs iurpafling all others. The Parliament Houie where the great Senate of the Realm aflembles, is built in the true Italian Tafte, and is not only one of the chief Ornaments of the Kingdom, but, . perhaps, the ftatelieft of the kind upon Earth. This nr^ble Building was conducted by the ingenuous Captain 'Pierce, SuccefTor to the famous Architect, Bourk, under whole Direction rnoft of the fine Buildings about Dublin were erected. I might here enumerate fevcral other fine Edifices which adorn this City and Kingdom, as the Churches, Houfes ©f the Nobility, publick Schools, Bridges, £cfc. but that I fhould then exceed m y defigned Brevity. May the whole Brotherhood, wherefoever difperfed, continue thus to a-dorn the World ; m a y Learning and Arts flourifh, and Brotherly Love fubfift amongft them, till T i m e lhall be no more. LECTURE II. On Z&GRAND PRINCIPLE, TRUTH, TN all our Purfuits of Knowledge we make Truth in the •*• Particular the Summit of our A i m ; for when wc have attaind to that we can go no further: Towards this glorious Height our Natures, if not deprefs'd, are continually foanng. Then open wide your mental Eyes, ye generous Fellows, let Truth's bright Radiations enter. H e is rnoft knowing that knows rnoft of Truth, and he is wife,-who acts according to it. Was it not Truth that torm'd the wide Eypanfe of Nature, and rang'd it in fuch Beauty |