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S. BLADON, at No. 42, and J. CooTE, at No. 16, Pater-NofterRow, London; Meff. FLETCHER and HODSON, at Cambridge; Mr. SMITH, at Dublin; and Mr. ETHERINGTON, at York,

M DCC LXVIII,

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བབ་བབ་པPཁདཕབབ་་ “བ་va༴up༤༥,
even unbiass'd in an improper manner, and never to accept
from the crown either place, penfion, gratuity, or emolu-
ment of any kind. I will live and die in your fervice, a
private gentleman, perfectly free, under no control but
the laws, under no influence but youre, and I hope, by
your favour and kindness, one of the Reprefentativés if
Parliament for the county of Middlefex. On these terms
only expect through life the continuance of your fupport,
as well as the favourable opinion of you, and all other
good men, the friends of liberty and of my county.

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THE

OXFORD MAGAZINE:

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UNIVERSITY MUSEUM.

CALCULATED FOR

General Inftruction and Amusement,

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A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW.

Embellished with COPPER-PLATES, Satirical, Political, and Scientifical, from ORIGINAL DESIGNS.

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Printed for the AUTHORS, and fold by W. JACKSON, at Oxford; S. BLADON, at No. 42, and J. CoOTE, at No. 16, Pater-NosterRow, London; Meff. FLETCHER and HODSON, at Cambridge; Mr. SMITH, at Dublin; and Mr. ETHERINGTON, at York,

M DCC LXVIII,

English

Blackwell

7-8-25
12031
5 vol.

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Society of gentlemen of the univerfity of Oxford, perfuaded of the great utility that would refult from a monthly pamphlet properly executed, have undertaken the arduous task; and from a defire of difperfing, more effectually, the feeds of knowledge among a brave, a free, and a studious people; propofe to furnifh materials for the work now offered to the public.

Though the authors of this work are convinced, that their performance muft ftand or fall by its intrinfic merit, and not by any thing that can be faid to recommend it; yet it will be neceffary to give fome account of the undertaking, for which they now prefume to folicit the favour of the public; efpecially as it will appear under the common title of a MAGAZINE.

They well know the confequence of magnifying their own abilities; but flatter themfelves, that by their own affiduity, the affiftance of the learned in general, and of their brother students in particular, the public will not be disappointed; nor the university, of which they have the honour to be members, difgraced.

Having thus embarked in the cause of learning, they are determined to exert their whole abilities to fupport it. The love of fci-' ence will animate them in the pursuit, and the honour of the feat of learning to which they belong, be a perpetual spur to their industry.

Reputation, not advantage, is the prize they labour to obtain; as a proof of which they propofe to give elegant copper-plates from original defigns, in every number of their work; the expence of which will fufficiently demonftrate, that their profeffions are fincere, as they cannot be animated by the hopes of any pecuniary reward.

The proprietors of almost all the magazines extant, are at fo great a lofs for embellifhments, that they feldom furnish a copper-plate that is in the leaft degree interefting. They give indeed a ftated number, without regarding the propriety or utility of fuch plates. Sometimes the public are prefented with a moth or butterfly; then, perhaps, the arms of fome noble duke; a head of fome bishop comes next; then a curious ferpent from Africa, &c. &c. In fhort, they are in general the ftrangeft medley of objects that can poffibly be conceived. Our plan is of a different nature. Not a month paffes wherein fomething of confequence does not engage the attention of the public: defigns and engravings will be immediately made from the moft ftriking fubjects, and fatirical and political cards will be given in each number, executed by the moft ingenious artifts; which, It is hoped, will vie, in humour and fatire, with the late celebrated Mr. Hogarth's performances. We may venture however to promife, that the Engravings, only, exclufive of the letter-prefs, will, by all connoiffeurs, be deemed worth double the money that is given for the whole. Befides thefe, we fhall give fuch other copper-plates as are neceffary to illuftrate the feveral branches of science; which we fhall occafionally treat on

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