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For a lettered solitude, and a bridal properly got up, both according to law and luxury, commend us to the lovely _Gertrude of Wyoming_. FOR A LETTERED SOLITUDE AND A BRIDLE PROPERLY GOT UP BOTH ACCORDING TO LAW AND LUXURY COMMENDOUS TO THE LOVELY GERTRUDE OF WYOMING
would not have suspected him to be a merry companion, overflowing with humour and anecdote, and anything but fastidious.... When I first saw this eminent person, he gave me the idea of a French Virgil. Not that he was like a Frenchman, much less the French translator of Virgil. I found him as handsome as the Abbé Delille is said to have been ugly. But he seemed to me to embody a Frenchman’s ideal notion of the Latin poet; something a little more cut and dry than I had looked for; compact and elegant, critical and acute, with a consciousness of authorship upon him; a taste over-anxious not to commit itself, and refining and diminishing nature as in a drawing-room mirror. This fancy was strengthened, in the course of conversation, by his expatiating on the greatness of Racine. I think he had a volume of the French poet in his hand. His skull was sharply cut and fine; with plenty, according to the phrenologists, both of the reflective and amative organs; and his poetry will bear them out. ND THE PLEASURES OF HOPE WOULD NOT HAVE SUSPECTED HIM TO BE A MERRY COMPANION OVERFLOWING WITH HUMOUR AND ANECDOTE AND ANYTHING BUT FASTIDIOUS WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS EMINENT PERSON HE GAVE ME THE IDEA OF A FRENCH VIRGIL NOT THAT HE WAS LIKE A FRENCHMAN MUCH LESS THE FRENCH TRANSLATOR OF VIRGIL I FOUND HIM AS HANDSOME AS THE ABBE DE LILLE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN UGLY BUT HE SEEMED TO ME TO EMBODY A FRENCHMAN'S IDEAL NOTION OF THE LATIN POET SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CUT AND DRY THAN I HAD LOOKED FOR COMPACT AND ELEGANT CRITICAL AND ACUTE WITH A CONSCIOUSNESS OF AUTHORSHIP UPON HIM A TASTE OVER ANXIOUS NOT TO COMMIT ITSELF AND REFINING AND DIMINISHING NATURE AS IN A DRAWING ROOM MIRROR THIS FANCY WAS STRENGTHENED IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION BY HIS EXPATIATING ON THE GREATNESS OF HASSEIN I THINK HE HAD A VOLUME OF THE FRENCH POET IN HIS HAND HIS SKULL WAS SHARPLY CUT AND FINE WITH PLENTY ACCORDING TO THE PHRENOLOGISTS BOTH OF THE REFLECTIVE AND AMATIVE ORGANS AND HIS POETRY WILL BEAR THEM OUT
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