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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. 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
thought, a word occurred to disturb his mind. His eyes then lost all their sweetness, and sparkled so that it became difficult to look on them.”--1819. THOMAS CAMPBELL 1777-1844 [Sidenote: Leigh Hunt’s _Autobiography_.] “They who knew Mr. Campbell only as the author of _Gertrude of Wyoming_, and 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 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.  FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY DALE POOLEY WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS EDITED BY MABEL E WOTTON THOMAS CAMPBELL SEVENTEEN SEVENTY SEVEN EIGHTEEN FORTY FOUR FROM LEE HUNT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY THEY WHO KNEW MISTER CAMPBELL ONLY AS THE AUTHOR OF GERTRUDE OF WYOMING AND 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
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