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Bpmt-efReraatt ^ mtiquity ^ theagh-Herculean efforts are made to show that they were more rational when , made by . the lover of ; Cleopatra than they would , have been if mode' by Gatoi ' ; The measuresvwhichih . e tookifor . 'the ^ urpose of recruiting and stimulatiBgUom « n population s « dmitted on all handaf ftotohave been futile in themselves , clearly ^ indicate a design oT repairing and-strength ^ ning , not of "merging the dominant race ^ which 1 their a uth or had becomethe chief . His exte nsio n of the fire ^ ddm . of the city to hiffowri ^ pTOvfeoe o £ Oaply and ' toliia favourite legion , Alauda , and hiaintro *< ^ aotioit ^ f T « niimber roib ihl » Hawn ^< Sallic / offlcer 9-. in ± O' * heiJ 3 enHte , were clearly measares ffttfcMOpafrpbKegr ^ lttfe SyUa a « ifranchisementrof . ' hi 3 political army of Comelii : and theJbeBttfwW-of J anipriwsHegB < 6 H A particular ) peovmcevj acr far from implying that all privileges ifPT&Sta be abolished , implied , distinctly : * bafrthey were--to be retained . ¦ The taft > of citazeikBhiF-lotBH men ; af » cience ; waa aunoreigenerous'measure , bnteven this is Trhoi nraS not iat alijitt the secret of the dictator bitoh
atatedby Suetorjiusu ^ ' . cosmopolitan ^ ghipi ) to h&va haf *( fdi ' . ' ita < jEfejecfc . the increase of ?< populatiott : in : tjtte : city . _ But what do the Htb ^ C ^ saTeBf ^ aa ^ tedie cxeatioTi of a new of patriclarihonBes ? How- do : they find aiphHJB-ftw ^ Bisi&tfc * 'democratic theory ??; . iWe could -furnish them , if , they wffl ^ wiik a very ? reidy ^ Inougihf tjonimbBplace ekplanation ^ '» ndi even with - an historical * nalngyv if- tneyRpiaasfeyamthe aristocracy recently created by bis democratic majesty , Banj&ftu } ule . | iufc do these measures ,,-all taken together ^ amount ft ) , or- indi-. cate : any real attempt . i » Td < 2 al with . the great evils . of .,. tbo . Rpnxan . world ? : -. They dis- » play . / ne- 'dpubt , ift .. geiw « si ) " ^ : governjnaent and national organization , acting in die pi ^ HJt * ide-pf tbjat despotic power which ^ enables even riiean ampacities to become , in the eyeg . jpf itl »§ je&uc ^ dyYulgar * -the masterr . sp ? rit&ofr theit . age , ,, But , can , thej ; soberly be said to display conceptions at all beyond the reach of any able Roman of that age ? Can they be said | p . display conceptions , & < gua ^ i ^ UbefaJi ^ fo tUpsewhich ar ^ , found in the political pliflosophy 01 Cicero £ " ' "'" ! '" ' ' > .-. ' ,-
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¦| iujs ¦ ¦; . _• -.. ;< . ¦ . ; . ta . "• ¦ ' ' . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦» ¦ ¦ _ ¦ I ! ' i '' - ' " .. . : i .. ¦ — : — ¦ "• •> . ¦' . - .- ¦¦ r . i ' * . - - .-.. _• . ' ; -flt-rrr . ¦; .. ; = > . „„ : ;;< , . ¦ ' . ^ QO ^ UE'S' ^ QtrRNArSl "" , ' - ' " ' ' ^ . V " ° " ^^^ t ^ p i ^ rf ^^ \ . ^ 4 .. pprrfispond ^ ncie of jpioiaas ^ 4 foore , Edited by . the . Right ? . efa ^ on . ^' or ^^ Q ^^ i ^ seiL ..... Voia . yi ^ . f t rid ^ Ijr :.,. , ; , , ,,, Xgngman a ^ Co ^ j ^ ru : , i ,.: ; ,: .. ;;; : ; ¦ ;; .. r ; , ¦ . ¦ ( SECOUDtNQTMaS . ) ' j . » - . . : ¦ ,, ¦ ¦ .: ; . . ; -.,.,.,.:. / : ... ¦ , Oft * flight irt tbe s « aHs of the Italienr vti PariiSv ' a mosfealj ibut obtrusive I ^ eHchiliari , ^ -Was ttimmTfig with ' great cdhteriff ^ he ° lovely JPria eke'spunti ; vrfflffiiT ^ uubttri then wbis sinfgirig . An irate Italidrij 6 idse by ; exclaimedr C ^ e | i ^ f « / ' Th&' m liafcil gehtlenn tfii , fiashiri ^; ' lodlts hi 6 re In dlignant ; than hiS fqfi £$ t derflanded . " C « f c a . niomieur ?" ' Whereupbnthe Italiap , 4 obking him s ^ adnyiinjthe ^ foce ^ repiieq , with cruel politeness , " Ce ? t JRu&i ? ii , gi& m ' empecJie tgentendre \'' mcfui 4 w » VVVe have always , regarded tills ; as the -periTectiorji of epigram 3 V ; SO pepfept in its sarcasm , an 4- y « t so , thoroughly , keeping within the limits of ^ plite ^ sew , i A somewhat . similar sJto ^ y is to 4 d .. by Moorp : r-.. /;
-^ ne , night whp ^ iT ^ h ^ . ^ emble was ; performing ,, at . eorne cofln ^ ry . lheatre ^ one ; p ? , hie HXOBt ^ y . 0111 ?^}^^ ^? W * 14 ? 1 * interrujgte ^ , feom time to , tiine ^ by th ^ squallingr ^ f a yoiing chi ^ ddn , ^ o ^ . th ^ a ^ rjes . j * 4 ilpS ^ i ' ?? ^^ ^ j ' . ^ i ^» WPw 8 n R 9 ^ % Kemble walked with fijsleiim step to . tHe fropt ^ f thestag ^' and , addressing , thettwjieflce M ^ iiis ' niosi tragic toii ^ s , said , , £ a < lieS an d ^ n'tlemenVw ^ esi fiie $ layf £ st 6 j ^ fr me cfiil 4 cahn # tpq $ 3 thty ' g 6 oii" Tlie'effect 6 n the arud ^ nce . of this earnest interference , itj fjtvcmr of th ^ cHildi inay tie easil y ¦ conceived :- ¦ : vV ! ' ' , ' ' , , v ! - ^ .: * fie $ ; is kff& £ ifi < £ & bjf litdr ^ aj ^^ ossTji frohi one of ih& letters Avritten by ; T 3 Logera : —^ ' ' " r , '' " "'"' . ' , '*' . : ' . '" . . "¦ ¦ , " . ' '' . ' '' - , " . .. ' . T ... ! , . ' .. . ' ,-. ' , ' . *' , ' ; -- " . ¦¦ " jCam ' pb . ell lives at Sydejih { iin ,. writipg for the . booksellers , and , ; anything , Jt belieye ^ but ' poetiyy . - The ^ Lalce people seemed to be completely silenced by the broadsides of tfte " . Eainburgh Keyie ^ " JeipFrey has , been ; latejy in town , tho . ugh I . missed hi ^ to his way hither he stopped at &eswicK , ^ -and . saw S ( 6 tithey and 'Goleriflge ' . He' seems to'hive been dazzled by the . rhetoric of CJoleriidge , whom he had never seen before . Tk Scott has made ' 10 ; 00 «/ . by his poem i [ The I . ady of the Lake ] ! and will , I dare
say , double the sum . And here we have , . ' ' ' . 1 ' ~ BlOORE UPON ' ROGERS . Ilogers and I had a very pleasant tour of it , though I felt throughout it all , aa ^ I always feel with him , that the fear of losing his good- ' opiriidh' ? amriBt' Embitters the possession of it , antf that thdugh , in " his society , one walks upon * v « es , itis with' cdristant apprehension of the thorns that are among them . . ' ' . - ' He left me rather 6 u <; of conceit with my poem , " Lalla Rookh" ( as Ms fastidious criticism generally doe ' s ) , ' and I havfe returned to it with rather frti humbled spirit ; but 1 have already once altered my ' whole plan to i > leaSe him , and I will do so no more , for" 1 should make asaong a voyage of it as his own " Gblutttbus" if I attended to all Ms objections :- His general opinion , however , of what ! have done is very flattering ; he only finds fault with every part ^ f it in detail ; and this yon know is the style of Bis criticism of characters- * - " an excellent person , but " , &nd here is ¦ ' ' ^ ,. . . ' ' ' ' , ' " . . . ¦ ' ... . "' . . > ' . " . ' ROQBRS . ClOSSIpr-INa ON THE u QV&R'TfiJUJX . " : .
,, ,, ' A month ago ( Gj ^ pord called . to communicate confidenttody his design to publish , immediately a Keview on tbe plan pf the ! " jRdinburgJ ^ , " to be called : tho ' \ Londpn Key ^ ew . " I must confess , I heard [ of Jt . with , pleap ' urc v . aa x tliought it might correct an ey ^ ¦ we huye , long . lamented together ., Hje wiaUea much , for . contributions ' , anej , a \\ contributQFfl , ( . aa is the . cas 9 , with . . the « ' Edinburgh . Review" ) # re tp , bel pajd indiscriminatoly . lie ' , »§ exceedingly anxious that ypu . should aesiat him as often . » b ypu qan , afford , t , imo . Vpu ^ may choopp what book io review you like ( and you arc to . repeive twenty guineas fofc every rfieet of , letterpress ) , aubject , howey 9 r , to any ( il ^ erationa and corrections ¦ whatever of the Editor , who is to retain an unUmHed . cpn , troly as Jeffrey , re ^ ain ^ At Edinburgh ; a very proper regulation I think . I guvo . him great hopes « f you ( as well . as some of myself ) , and he has since sent Hoppncr to me once or twice to . urge nW ' toVrifco toytiu on the subject . " 'Some' circuins ^ noes tfhfch I haVo slhco leariU . rausti * 6 woVer , be stated td ytiu . They affect my lirind a littte , rind" not a little . It seems th 6 WollCicsof Jeffrey ' s " Review" have long given' great offence' td the Government party , particularly at Edinburgh ; and Walter Scott , who formerly wrote in it in the account and for sbine
^ rfactpally quizHingdopaitmentv'hngon that ( -perhaps lVriv * te * eii 8 QhB ) withdrawn ; hia countenance and support- ' ; At the desire o ) Tsome peraonftin poV « r ; partionl » rly Canning and tho Lord Advocate ho hnfl written a very l * mg letter on thi euJbjfact to iGlflbrd ( which I'have seen ) , detailing , ably enongh ; the plan « b which the Review ahould , be conducted , dnd pressing the ochemo upon O . as a good ' desideratum *» to . coantoract tko deleterious principles df thb ' Kdlnburgh Keviewi '" Ad'thla 1 tookl alanw ; 'bat < Kfford asauresmo tliat though of course the pblitica wilr b # M * niut « ri * lj 4 t willby no tnesns'bo a i » rmcipBl objiect ' f ntkd he deslre » m « to asrittr * yddm . * H « wevor / . I confoss it shakes ' moa i little , thoughHojipnoi '; whvifl"v > ery tungnina Jrt > ouvk , do « s > iipt think ifafaoulvL ' I hawiiow , ' at / their Ardent d * ttlrey mad&itny iirport to y » o . > When I : flr « t Wnt « uyour namo toifi . he Jumped at the sound , : « n < t' I b « li « ve tefa no * ilppt Bjncb . !«» 'iirtontiofa is to -pay ' tthx' gutnoaoi a fiheefr , ' bUC'the £ XUttbui < ghp «> pM : p « y twenty ^ « nd'ho 1 « l »' ' 9 erfully agrees to " lt 1 t » 'ytour'infitdnctti 'It mmmob'Bronehanl' a lUvleyr of Oovolloe haa Mown ! Kflinburghi Into- i * blazd , ' and Jlath . , ,, <; .. , ¦ . ¦ , ... ,: ¦ ¦ ¦ " . ' ' — ' ¦ ' . ¦'> ¦¦ . ' . ¦ . <¦
' . ^ Hi ^ iaH ^ HIB have been taken from , house to house to collect , the . signatures of .. those who-would-en gagc no longer to take it in .. i AU this in confidence , of course ,, as the secret » b not my
own . .. :- ¦ .: ¦ . •; ¦ . - : ¦ ' <• , . ¦ ¦ ,. ¦• ¦ ¦ , ,.. The Letters axe npt ^ y ery anwsing , but some o ^ t % ui 4 es ^ ryetl a pa in th ^! wbric / . ^ , l ^ se bf : i&e u ^ ' ^ iii % stri&e-us as beuig / arnqng the ^ ery feest , and we will give : t % ls sligpii a ^ tipfe , p f , jOwra , th © beneftt of ; the . wise . od 4 d § licately-worde 4 objection which , X * e ^ g ^ Hun . t , makes , in oije of them , -on the change ia . tone , from LUtterth © iyioung « r , ; 4 a Thomas Moore : r ~/ n - ; I think you overshot the mtnfeia making irepeTltance ja better thing than « wish U make amends . Refftntance-is undou *> tedlyia » iery > gdo < i-and delicate thing in somt mindsj and should feaaonably ¦ make th # amends wbeii they are not to be taide othe * wise | but , generally speaking , it is mere regretfortheloes of something on one r s' owil par t , riot a social and just feeling V it Is aglmitch ai' * o ' say- ^ rm v « ry eowy-I missed the plum-cake I might ha . Y 6 > ha& . : TkeWO < rld ; ^ ' ^' ( Jw' » M iuW ' t ^ faniS , especially for the more kindly Qnpm ' , > Mp vmm ,-J ^ QMaa , if *< ¥ ' v vwelfisitUss , justice , imagination , good taste , love pu ^^ riety dihip—^ yi that leads it , to ^ $ hin £ , of ^ n ^ another , —in short , gainforall ,, aa ; op ^ qsed ^ gain for the individuf l . , .,, j ,, . - ?; , ,.., mirrd who iike
Galvinistic rea 4 ers , and re ^ derej ^ f a sour tQ ^ seo otnera miserable and repenting , an « S even taie * sorfr . of fierce pieasure ia It . 1 ih . eDv selves * will pronpuuee this passage , he * etacaj ; arjd ^ calculated , " to sip the Very foundations of jpa 0 i ^ Uty , " but ev ^ -y one -elser ^ ill echo , the feajwg , V / fche world does no ^ . want repenJban « e ,. UrwantS . vkin 4 i ! iiiess . » , " .,: A ^ ^ lftt le Jf » t | lh « i »; on Leig h Hunt continues : ^—/• ,. ¦¦¦¦•¦ - . -, r . ^ ¦ . ui " i-- > i ; =- ¦ - ¦ . ^ - : nl > ? . <¦¦;) ' ; ' .: ~ : I would iaye » o ineincerityj no such thing as seduction , no- groB » selnshafessTof nny sort ; I would only iave the world think as well as they , can of all tbe ^ gentlerrimpulses , and as badly as they can of all the . yioleut ,. tha proud , and the exclusive © oea : but as the ra / ijorily- . gj ) on , at present ( though somewhat shaken by pbilpsophy ) . they propeed upon the blessed absurdity of mating as much guilt as they can out of the fofjner , andi surrounding the latter with all sorts , of ' ^ pridej pprnp , and circumstance . Tr ; ue indeed ! rfche art ^ pf .. > n ^ aking as / m ^ ch guilt- as possible is an art much cultivated by tUos ® w ^ ose pro ^ icornes jfrom terror at guilt . , . ¦ . ¦ : From Lord John ' s Postsctrptlw 0 ilearn ;> --r .. - ¦¦ :
The literary works Of which Mri Moore Jwas the author had yielded him considerable sums for copyright-r-not . less : in th ^ jw-hole , he says ; in the nintK Volume of his Diary , than 20 ^ ( M ) 0 ?» But thfese sums had all bee » esEhaua'tedby his yearly outgoings . He had ( t pension from the . Cronfrn of 30 . QL a ; year ,- . but . this . ' pension ceased with ' his death .. As " a prpvision for his widow , he left ; pnJy h , ia Efwry and Letters ^ -pncorainending : them to my care . I . app , lie 4 jymmedjatejy to Jflx ? L . pnghaan , his pw . bUsherr who in ,- > fprnied me that he was prepared " to give 36001 . for the eppyright , , 1 found that for this sum TVtrs . jioore could secuije an annuity for the remainderbf her life not Ias | 8 than , the . iricbirie upon wJiicb . she and hei * ' h ' ustfand : J 6 ad hvetf frugally " a nd Quietly for ' ' ^ e last years of his lite ; I . therefore undeft ' obk tfie ' task , teservirigto nj ^ self the power Pf eKpunglHg' ' aiiy : passages ! I inight thmkca-leulated 1 to wound individuals , 6 i offend the pttbUb taste . '¦ ' X' ' !" --i ' h > il . l ^ - ¦ -. - ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ' '" ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦¦¦• );< - -:
'With those who ' know ' ndt t ^ e iinp ^ dvidferit habifcs bf-our yhprbvideirt . nice , ; and the fitful precarious way in'Which money comes to thehi , 'these statements will discredit Moore : 20 , 000 Z .. is A ibrtune , umda , pension Of 300 / . a year , for life , might have enabled JVtpqre . to insure ,, ope woirid think . But we must remember that the 20 , 000 / . whicn makes this . round sum came to him , ia small sums , at uncertain irrtervals ; We ihust ' also remenibe ' r t"hat "besides his aristocratic society , he had a son to keep in the army . Items Jike these ^ make it very -intelligible that Mrs . Moote should have been left withpu ^ a provision . ¦ ¦¦ - ' ! •¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - - J- : -- . ^ ¦ " ! - - - - ; ¦ ; ' ' . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ''[
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A PRIMITIVE BEPUBJLIC . : / The Border Lands of Spain and France . . With an Account of a Visit to tie Republic of Andoi-re , > j . ; ' Chapman and HaH . In this volume . there are some , really , me * iand instructive sketches of travels The writer , to alLuppe&ranbe , \ hvftd < followed the i Handbooks a » fitr ae they would lead him ^ Iwhen he determined to leave the fashionable higliwajs o £ the Continent , and strike into die seclusions of the Pyrenees . Parts of that mountain-chain have . been . often * and well described : Others , not theleasfc interesting , have been passed over by tourists of all nations , the Bng- ! Lish especially . With the Basque , Bcarnais , and Catalonian provinces wo ? are familiar ; but we know less of the Cttgotsy the people of Cerdagne' and ltoussilion , and , above all , of the independent commonwealth of AjidorreJ Across the early history of this Efctlo state flashes a glimraei ? of the Moorieb inal si of with
wars . In its archives exist the ^ orig gnnmanualB Charlemagiiej documents attesting the fidelity of the Garloviiigian annalists . The institutions , of Aadorre have equalled in ; duratio » / the temporal power . of the Papacy , and are founded upont charters moro ancient by tour Hundred years than the political title-deeds eitaiit in any state ' of Italy orGermanyi ' Before peneti ^ ating to this sequestered counmonwealthj the tourist rambled < through the more unfrequented valleys bfi . the < I ? yren < 2 esy rich inimonutnents of political ; archoiology . UJhe Oastle of tlwiMjfialitagenets , the Oliaiieau' do MarrriCi , the triple gate * and * reric * iea of Jiayonne } are found within the faaHiHaA !' lines of historical research ; but beyond them , the Uasque potations , »* thte French , and Spanish borders ,, stand , in the twilight of . antiqua * -ian » and » phUo- logical roeearoh v for their traditions and language ,. unchanged suuie Bonces ^' valles , are among the perplexities of modern learning . Though not inde-. pendent , like the ! people of Andorre , they are-as ¦ isolated and as peculnur | ahd rfufficientlv mvaterious for Humboldt to identify thoir dialeot / with , the
priruilive vernacular of Spain , while by Borrowritjs tmced to thevMantcUtt-JJartori stem . M Every Basque esteems himself . ( noble , ;* but , though ^ proud , as-a * Spaniard , he is a » industrious aaa . Swiss , aadl nuraes ^ itUijealoUi lov » tho . relics of liberty that still haunt and hallow the Pyrenees ., . ¦ , <> i •> . ; " ^ Tho Bearnais * speaking a Romance , dialect ,- are quite distinct , in manner * dnd . character , ftom the Basques , but altogether a « peculiar . Thby . jare Uving * illUstmtioris of tho middle ; ages ; their . language aa Corman ^ nttKed ^ wvth Normah , Arabic ^ and Latin ; their flong ^ art hereditary and mythological - / in their traditionary customs may be traced tlio « yjmboham , o « : / Uie . iloinaHti » period , with a tinge ot mystic fancy . They cherished , throughftd * uk »«* tuau * i eras of tho Reformation , and the Revolution ,. pnnoiple » # < 8 « c » altl » Mitu « liliy , whieOi prevented the immoral . development of . influence Among . partleuliioi Glasses . Yet , in Beam , aaelsewher * along tlio pencil * Uul SpameU < ** r * QX > lands * the contrast is visible between * ho politioal ^ onditaonB undet tirh ^ h-.. . ,,, ,., ,.. ¦ . ¦ ¦• .. ¦¦ I I ¦¦ ' . / •<' I . \ ' , . . 1 ¦ 1 i * < , I I' I . U I \ ¦ * i I , ¦ . ¦'" - ¦ ¦ ' ' ' , ¦'"•¦ ' '
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^ ¦ ¦ May 1 ? , && $ j . -, TffE LEADER , 449
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Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 449, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/17/
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