our times have produced.

On the accession of that King to the throne, he had the honour of
knighthood conferred upon him by his Majesty, with the duke of
Marlborough's sword[5]. He was likewise made Physician in ordinary to
the King, and Physician General to the army. As his known services
procured him a great interest with those in power, so his humanity and
good nature inclined him to make use of that interest, rather for the
support, and encouragement of men of letters who had merit, than for the
advancement of his private fortune; his views in that respect having
been always very moderate. He lived with the great in that degree of
esteem and independency, and with all that freedom which became a man
possessed of superior genius, and the most shining and valuable talents.
His poem entitled Claremont, addressed to the duke of Newcastle, printed
in the 6th volume of Dryden's Miscellanies, met with great approbation.
A warm admirer of the Doctor's, speaking of Claremont, thus expresses
himself; 'It will survive, says he, the noble structure it celebrates,
'and will remain a perpetual monument of its author's learning, taste,
and great capacity as a poet; since, in that short work, there are
innumerable beauties, and a vast variety of sentiments easily and
happily interwoven; the most lively strokes of satire being intermixed
with the most courtly panegyric, at the same time that there appears the
true spirit of enthusiasm, which distinguishes the works of one born
a poet, from those of a witty, or learned man, that has arrived at no
higher art, than that of making verse[6].' His knowledge in philosophy,
his correct taste in criticism, and his thorough acquaintance in
classical literature, with all the advantages that can be derived from
an exact, but concealed method, an accurate, though flowing stile, and
a language pure, natural, and full of vivacity, appear, says the same
panegyrist in the preface he prefixed to a translation of Ovid's
Metamorphoses, which would have been sufficient to have raised him an
immortal reputation, if it had been the only product of his pen.

Dr. Garth is said to have been a man of the most extensive benevolence;
that his hand and heart went always together: A circumstance more
valuable than all the lustre which genius can confer. We cannot however,
speak of his works with so much warmth, as the author just quoted seems
to indulge. His works will scarce make a moderate volume, and though