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Jpve * There is § pi » e approach t to fchM i * l thf -jQfwt S * yift » t sleeping pn the £ rpss / by Muri ) U ) ( No , ?)? Tb ^ r ^ i § a } sp a * Ytf * i g | p ^ cf Child' ( 48 ) , said to be by ai * artist pf the Spanish s § hpol , where there * indeed les § pf this appearance of hpUBass Tr ^ the semblance to a lamb destined for sacrifice—^ than in the Muf illp , hiit which has a general richness of colouripg , a natural ., but ^ pt premature , intelligence , and a warm and active vitality . Jf tp these attributes could be superadded sprne infantine anticipations pf the moral qualities of the Saviour , some first buddings of his Jbouqdless love , ppt in the conventional form of priestly benecUc .- ? tipn , but in the more natural one of giving rather than receiving , of diffusing enjoyrnent rather than arrogating homage , lit £ l $ would be left us to desire . Such infant Christy we believe
there are , but here we search for them in vain . The pretension set up pn behalf of this cpUeQtipn 4 gs a species of scriptural illustration , and the plaqe , and therefpr § yf $ inay presume th © patrpnag ^ under wh ^ c ? h it appears , subjects ^ v ^ ry picture to a test , which w § should never think pf applying tp any display pf works pf art , under ordinary cir ^ cumstan ^ es , This claims to be an exhibition to which the
f unco gude' niay safely repair and take their famiU ^ p ; an 4 an implied censure is cast on \ hp e ^ teroal WQrld [ pf aipt , as if its in- * flu ^ ces were not sufficiently pure and moral for their ey § s \ and We are presented with a different form pf thftt prinQipJp which clothe ^ qveu thp words of the sprjptii res with reverence &n < J infa U libiHty , and wpt | 14 put th ^ rn enti re a ^ d indjfiieriiiiinateiljr info th ^ hand § pf yputh , notwithstanding piany passages which io Pliy Other wprk wquldj ensure a , ^ nteqce pf proscription ; there b ^ iPg Often perhaps as much affectation and false delicacy intjtie verbal prohibition , as there is , of ignorance ar ^ d blind servility in th ^ Verbal consecration . It is i \ o | every occurrence \ q sal cre 4 history iha ^ CWR jud iciousl y bp made th ^ ^ v ^ bject of graphig illustration . IPl ^ t beside ^ the choice pf subjepfp , there cir § ^ ipd < 9 s of treating Of
them , which aj $ beypqdi tpl ^ ratipn , and which no ppw ^ r pew il pr pallet Qm redrew , Th ^ r ^ is NQn 43 , ¦ Saint Ppcha pleadiiig \ viiH Gq 4 / a , ^ hy ^ wdi rustiq wUh a high fprehe ^ , tftlking iri rath ^ v £ cajoling way to ar * appearance in tbcr cloves , wher ^ , in a regular fjirple pf light like that thrown q ^ a sheet ; by ft Wflgip l ^ pt ^ rp , we s ^ ^ n pld nian v ? ith ft glpbe in one han d , the ben ^ dictpry fip gers of th ^ 9 ther hand ^ tick ^ g yp ip the pap ^ l fashion , ap 4 @n hi&hezd an equilateral triangle . Thip n * av qffepd , w ^ thinks a what th $
l > Pt wry heterodox theglpgy , Thm th ^ r ^ is c ^ talpgvi ^ facetiously c ^ lja ^ gf ^ af mpraj l ^ atp r * in the fete pf Sawpepii / ( tyQ , 47 , by Jf an St ^ ei * . ) Thi ^ is worse thajft apy travesti ^ pf Wrgil , or parody on ^ 0 ^ i | a ^ y , ^ b © . ch ^ Tfta t ^ W MM Flemish bpor ^ of the cparse ^ t cast , ^^ r fim m ' $ mw& qf % h % mmt brutal paj ^ ipn ^ 4 r ^ s p ? cl % ip iit s ^ h hatnli paWte : of fch % h « rq * P » ge » » 9 mightm-few ^ 4 hp tfe ^ Dr » p ^ y «» aii . ^ f »^ qHBtiy ikMi ^ t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1832, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1812/page/54/
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