£. g.
Michael Kberalkdf, a^erfon of
y^lkd in federal, %ecie*i of
His works are, a poenuoi* tfeeUfiitf of
fewrsl; tragedies and comedies, jPjn4&irk odes,
called Ariadne in Thebes, Numa
pDetnr ^in four caritosj ia honour rff the? i<airal
yiaory qv^ tJi6 Turk& at the battle of Ttih^fme.
BvA tibd pieoe hy^vMch he has acquired the ^f ent^
eft fanieyUaax3f epic .poem in twelve cantos, qallad
the Rossi ada, written in Iambic meaftire of fix
feel in rhyme. The fubjefik is the conqueft of
C^an by Ivan Vaffilievitch IL or, as the author
has fexpreffed himfelf, '• I fmg Ruffia ddivered
from the yoke of bar,bari^ins; fhe might of the
Tartars Iai4 low, and their pride humbled; I,
fing the ftrifes and bloody confli«as of ancient
armies 5 R^ffia's triumph, and Cafan's fubjec-
tion/' This wofk is greatly admired by the na«*
tivts, and mtfiy juftly be <5oniidered as forming
an epoch in the hiftory of their poeUy. The
general, plan feeins well difpofed; the event!
follow each cither in a rapid but orderly fuccef-
fn>h; kHd^h^iimginatioii of the reader is kepi
alive %y^ftajuentfcei|es of terror, in which *he
author feeiiis to ex^el. The fuhjea is extremely
ktereftmf t#thf Ruffians ;¦? and theipoet has art-
fully availed himfelf of the popular belief by thf
 femts and .martyrs for the, jfta-
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